KREERI: The skies unfolded on Friday as 1000's of pals and admirers joined the funeral procession of veteran journalist Shujaat Bukhari, who was once laid to leisure in his ancestral village here an afternoon after he was once shot useless out of doors his place of business in Srinagar.
Braving heavy rain, crowds of tearful mourners from around the Valley followed the cortege through the streets of this sleepy hamlet in Baramulla district.
Amongst those that took section in the ultimate rites of the journalist and visited his ancestral home to condole with the circle of relatives had been opposition leader Omar Abdullah and ministers from the PDP and the BJP.
It was once most likely the most important funeral procession the village had seen, observers said.
There was once a traffic jam in the area as the crowds of mourners swelled.
Read additionally: Bukhari killing — Police unencumber footage of suspects
The editor of Rising Kashmir' and his two private safety officials (PSOs) had been shot useless via terrorists out of doors the newspaper's place of business in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital.
Bukhari, 50, was once gunned down quickly after he were given into his car from his place of business at Press Enclave in the city centre, Lal Chowk.
Bukhari was once instrumental in establishing several meetings for peace in the Kashmir Valley. He was once additionally part of the Track II process with Pakistan.
Braving heavy rain, crowds of tearful mourners from around the Valley followed the cortege through the streets of this sleepy hamlet in Baramulla district.
Amongst those that took section in the ultimate rites of the journalist and visited his ancestral home to condole with the circle of relatives had been opposition leader Omar Abdullah and ministers from the PDP and the BJP.
It was once most likely the most important funeral procession the village had seen, observers said.
There was once a traffic jam in the area as the crowds of mourners swelled.
Read additionally: Bukhari killing — Police unencumber footage of suspects
The editor of Rising Kashmir' and his two private safety officials (PSOs) had been shot useless via terrorists out of doors the newspaper's place of business in the heart of Jammu and Kashmir's summer capital.
Bukhari, 50, was once gunned down quickly after he were given into his car from his place of business at Press Enclave in the city centre, Lal Chowk.
Bukhari was once instrumental in establishing several meetings for peace in the Kashmir Valley. He was once additionally part of the Track II process with Pakistan.
Shujaat Bukhari laid to rest in ancestral village in Kashmir
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