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Earlier in the day, body of an army officer identified as Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz Parry was found with multiple bullet wounds in head and abdomen in Shopian district of south Kashmir. According to the reports, Fayaz Parry was kidnapped from his home last night, murdered and later dumped. He was abducted at around 10 PM from his home. (Also Read: Bullet-ridden body of Lieutenant Ummer Fayaz Parry found in Shopian: All you need to know about him) Also Read - Uttar Pradesh Governor Approves Renaming of Manduadih Railway Station to Banaras

According to the reports, Ummer Fayaz was on leave and had gone to the Valley to attend marriage of his cousin at his village in Kulgaon, Jammu and Kashmir. According to the reports, his family didn’t report it as they believed he would be sent back alive. “They must have thought he would be released,” police said. Army sources said, “he didn’t think twice about going to his village unarmed.”

22-year-old Ummer Fayaz Parry had joined the 129 course of the National Defence Academy and was allotted Delta Squadron. He was posted with a RAJRIF unit in Jammu and Kashmir’s Akhnoor sector.

“Some unidentified terrorists yesterday abducted and then killed unarmed Army Officer Lieutenant Ummer Faiyaz, who had come on leave to his native place in Kulgam, south Kashmir to attend a marriage in his family. The Army salutes the brave-heart and stands by the bereaved family in this hour of tragedy and commits to bringing the perpetrators of this heinous act of terror to justice,” the Army issued a statement paying tribute to Fayaz.