Kashmir’s Sopore

Tawseef Ahmad Ganai was abducted by unidentified gunmen from Unisoo village. (File)Srinagar: The body of a shopkeeper who was abducted on October 3 was found today in Jammu and Kashmir's Sopore district, police said.Tawseef Ahmad Ganai was abducted by unidentified gunmen from Unisoo village."His body was found in an apple orchard in Harwan village," police sources said.

Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a student in Hazratbal area of Srinagar city on Saturday, police said. Gunmen fired at Ishfaq Ahmad, a student of Islamic University, in Hazratbal area of the city this evening, said a police officer. "The victim died on the spot. An identify card recovered from the slain person, he was Ishfaq Ahmad, a student of the university. However, the identity is being confirmed.The area has been cordoned off for searches to trace the assassins," the officer said.

Nineteen children, including eight girls, have been rescued from an unregistered orphanage in Jammu and Kashmir's Kathua district during a raid, officials said on Saturday. The civil administration and the police conducted the raid on Friday after some children complained that they were being "harassed and tortured" at the facility run by a pastor from Kerala.