Srinagar, Sept 29: The body of a man from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district, who had been missing for over a week, was recovered in Srinagar on Monday, officials said.
Police sources told the news agency Kashmir News Trust that a team from Police Station Kokernag had earlier reached Police Station Kothibagh along with a man identified as Mushtaq Ahmad Khan, a resident of Verinag in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district.
Subsequently, a team from the Forensic Science Laboratory (FSL) accompanied by police visited the Wanposh E-Rickshaw Exchange shop located on Exchange Link Road in Srinagar. There, they discovered the dead body of Mushtaq Ahmad Pathan, son of Muhamamd Akbar Pathan, a resident of Hyhama Glassdaji Manigah in Kupwara.
Officials confirmed that Pathan had been reported missing since September 21, 2025. The recovery of his body has triggered a probe into the circumstances leading to his death.
“The body has been taken into custody for medico-legal formalities, and an investigation is underway to ascertain the cause of death,” a police official said adding that one person has been arrested in this connection.
“The motive behind the murder is yet to be ascertained. It will be premature to say anything at this point of time,” said a police official adding that investigation has been set into motion.
Police have assured that all necessary forensic and investigative steps will be followed before arriving at any conclusion. [KNT]
