Kulgam, December 11: Dead body of Kulgam man, who was abducted by unknown gunmen, was found on Tuesday morning from Awahatoo village of South Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said.

Pertinently Sheeraz Ahmed Bhat son of Ghulam Mohammed Bhat was abducted by unknown gunmen from the Laroo area after they barged inside his house in the Laroo Kulgam area on October 27.

Sheeraz was kidnapped days after three militants and seven civilians were killed during an encounter and blast in his house on October 21 this year. Police told KNO that Sheeraz’s body was found early morning in Awahatoo area in Kulgam.

A top police however said that the postmortem of Sheeraz’s body will be performed to ascertain how he was killed.(KNO)