Srinagar
With the poignant air thousands of people on Sunday thronged Patrigam. Six kilometres from Chadoora, this Budgam village is the native place of one of the two militants, killed in nearby Hayatpora village in an encounter on Saturday.


KL Images : Bilal Bahadur

Drapped in green cloth body of Younis Maqbool Ganie was carried on the hands by the youth amid , pro-freedom slogans and hailing the “martyr.”

Women watching the funeral procession with humid eyes showered almonds on the coffin.

Younis, as per reports, had recently joined the militant ranks.

The funeral was attended by the separatist leaders including Tehreek-e-Hurriyat general secretary, Mohammad Ashraf Sehraie.

Body of slain was laid to rest at a graveyard in front of his residential house.

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