The dead body of a professional cook was found with a bullet injury in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday, police said.
They said that the dead body of Manzoor Ahmad Nangroo, 30, a resident of Hanjan, Rajpura in Pulwama district was found in an orchard in neighbouring Shopian district.
The Kashmir police in a tweet said that the body was in a suspicious condition with a bullet injury.
“Investigation has started. Further details shall follow,” the police said in the tweet.
A police official of Shopian said that the body was spotted by locals who informed the police.
“We received the information about the body. A police party was sent who recovered the dead body which was then sent for medico-legal formalities,” he said.
He said that they were yet to find any motive behind the incident.
Local reports said that Nangroo was brother of a Jaish-e-Mohammad militant commander, which police said that they were verifying.