He said that after the forces ring-fenced the spot of the shootout, they asked the shopkeepers in the area including Bhat to bring down their shutters and were shoved inside a showroom.”Soon gunshots were heard. Bhat was taken to the spot at least thrice and finally, he was killed,” he alleged.Abdul Majeed, Bhat’s brother, said that he learnt at around 7 pm that his brother was injured in the firing and he rushed to the spot.”I saw that the forces were filming the spot using drones and when I inquired about my brother, they asked me to go to Police Control Room (PCR),” Majeed said. He added that they had sent his lifeless body to the PCR.Majeed appealed to the J&K Lieutenant Governor to hold a non-partisan probe into the incident.”If you prove my brother’s affiliation with any militant group, I’m ready to be hanged in the market square,” said Majeed.The family of Gull too claimed that their son was innocent and had nothing to do with militancy. They said that Gull was a dental surgeon and was also engaged in some construction business.
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