Kidnapped youth killed by LeT: Cops

Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday killed a resident Muntazir Ahmad Parray, a night after he was kidnapped by them from the house of his in- laws in Hajin area in Jammu and Kashmir’s northern Bandipore district.

The police blamed the murder on Lashkar- e-Tayyaba or the “army of the righteous” which has been designated as terrorist group by India and the United States.

The police said that Parray was kidnapped at gunpoint from the residence of his father- in- law Farooq Ahmed Parray at Hajan. Later his bulletriddled corpse was found on the outskirts of the township.

The police said that gunmen barged into the house of the victim’s inlaws on Monday night and opened indiscriminate fire, injuring three of the family members before forcibly taking Parray along.

“At around 10.10 pm, four terrorists who are believed to be affiliated with the Lashkar- e-Tayyaba barged into the house of Farooq in Parray Mohalla of Hajin and without caring about the life and dignity of the inmates, fired indiscriminately inside the house.” It further alleged, “The terrorists used knives also to cause grievous injuries to wife of the house owner namely Rafeeqa, their daughter Neelofar and his ( the house owner’s) brother Hilal Ahmed. Subsequently, the terrorists abducted Farooq’s son- in- law Muntazir Ahmed Parray,” it said.

The police said that Ms Rafeeqa sustained a firearm wound besides other serious injuries caused by a sharp weapon. Others sustained injuries due to an assault using a sharp weapon, it added.