The kidnapping comes a day after a teenager was found dead in Shopian. (Representational)
Amid a series of kidnappings and killings of young Kashmiris by terrorists,a 23-year-old man was kidnapped in Jammu and Kashmir's Shopian before being released hours later. Suhail Ahmad Ganai was kidnapped from his home in a village in the south Kashmir district this morning.
Police said Ganai was released on Sunday evening.
The kidnapping came a day after a 19-year-old's body dead was found with his throat slit in Shopian. Huzaif Ashraf Kuttay, a baker from nearby Kulgam district, was among the five kidnapped from various villages across the district on Saturday. All the others, except one, were released. Terrorists filmed the killing and circulated the video on social media.
On Thursday, a 17-year-old was shot dead by terrorists on suspicion of helping security forces. A video of the incident went viral on social media, drawing condemnation from political parties.
The clip shows the boy, a Class 11 student, sitting on the ground with his hands presumably tied up. One of the terrorists is heard asking why he had gotten one of their colleagues killed. However, multiple shots ring out before the youngster can even answer, and he slumps to the ground motionless.
Following the second teenager's killing, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah tweeted, "Another dastardly killing of a young man, this time the terrorists slit his throat. This barbarism has no place in our society & no struggle, no matter how lofty the claims to justify it, can condone this inhuman behaviour."
There have been instances in the past where terrorists in Kashmir have killed people suspected of being police informers as a warning to others who may want to aid security personnel in the state. However, Thursday's incident was the first time that terrorists video-graphed "executions" and posted on social media.