Militants on Monday evening offered gun salute to their associate in Brath village of Sopore in north Kashmir’s Baramulla district.

Reports reaching to KNO said that a group of masked militants late this evening appeared at Graveyard Brath village of Sopore and fired several round in air to pay tribute to the slain Ishfaq Majeed Mir who was killed in 60-hour-long gunfight in Babagund village of Handwara north Kashmir’s Kupwara with his associate in whcih five forces personnel and one civilian were also killed.

However, police officials told KNO that they are verifying the facts.