Dead body found with bullet injury in J&K’s Shopian

The Jammu & Kashmir police said that they have started an investigation they are yet to find any motive behind the incident

The dead body of a professional cook was found with a bullet injury in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday, police said.

The dead body with a bullet injury was spotted by the locals in an orchard in Jammu & Kashmir’s Shopian district on Monday. (Representative Image)

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.