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Lucknow: The Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board on Friday announced that they will not celebrate Eid tomorrow in protest against the “cowardly” killings of the Indian soldiers. The board has also said that they will burn the flag of the neighbouring country in protest, said the Waqf Board in a statement today. On Thursday night, Indian Army soldier Aurangzeb, who was abducted by terrorists, was found dead.

The statement of Waqf Board, signed by Chairman Syed Wasim Rizwi, said, “In protest of brutal killings of Indian soldiers by Pakistan, it is announced that there will be no Eid celebrations. Tomorrow at 1 pm, the staff of board and members of the board will burn the flag of Pakistan at the Shia Central Waqf Board's office as a protest.” Yesterday, the bullet-ridden body of the soldier was found in Pulwama’s Gussu village.

Aurangzeb was kidnapped hours before his killing while he was on his way back home for Eid celebrations, as per the police. On Thursday morning, Aurangzeb was abducted in Pulwama’s Kalampora area. A team of police and Army found slain soldier’s body around 10 kilometres from Kalampora and he had bullet injuries to his head and neck.

Yesterday, Editor of Rising Kashmir, a daily newspaper, Shujaat Bukhari was also killed in a terrorist attack. He was shot at point-blank range multiple times while boarding his car outside his office in Press Enclave in Srinagar. He was on his way to attend an iftar party. Bukhari’s killing came as a shock to his colleagues and the entire nation.

