Eighteen rounds of funeral were held for slain Hizb commander Sadam Paddar and Bilal Ahmad on Monday at their native village in Heff-Shopian.
Witnessed said that at least eighteen rounds of funeral prayers were held in which thousands of people participated from Shopian and adjoining districts.
They were killed in an encounter with government forces’ in South Kashmir’s Shopian district along with three associates, including Kashmir university professor Dr. Mohammad Rafi Bhat.
Meanwhile, a group of militants also appeared during the funeral prayers and offered gun salute to the slain militants.