Shareefa Begum, resident of GulgamKupwara is in distress. She keeps looking at bedding and some times kisses its pillow. The bedding belonged to her 9-year-old son, Omar Farooq. When he was alive, he was tenderly woken up by Shareefa and kissed on the forehead. Shareefa can’t bear to think that her son is no more.
July 16, Omar, had gone Four days later family recovered his mutilated body on the bank of Nallah Kehmil near Hanjipora village, at least 5 kilometres away from Gulgam.
s broke out in the area Omar’s Kupwara demanding justice for Omar went up.
According to Shareefa, her son had gone with his cousin Joan Mohammad on the day he went missing. “The cousin came early in the morning and insisted that he will take Omar Farooq to Kupwara town. After that, my son didn’t return” Shareefa said in a low voice.
“I went to Jaan Mohammad and asked him if my son was with you and where is he now. He replied that he was no longer with him and had been seen by him playing with children. When I asked the children mentioned by Jaan Mohammad, they denied that Omar was with them”.
Mohammad, she said, was later arrested by the people but let go after three days.
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