Srinagar : The decomposed body of a Territorial Army soldier, who was abducted by militants last year in August, was on Wednesday recovered in south Kashmir district of Kulgam.
Official sources said that panic gripped village Mohammad Pora in Kulgam when some locals saw a decomposed body near a BSNL tower early on Wednesday morning. “The locals immediately informed the police,” they said, adding a team was rushed to the area and the body was taken away.
They said that the deceased was later identified as Shakir Manzoor Wagey, a TA soldier, who was abducted by militants in south Kashmir district of Shopian in August last year.
Shakir had left his home at Harmain village of south Kashmir’s Shopian on August 2, 2020. His burnt car was later found 16 km away, at Neehama in neighbouring Kulgam district.
