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We want 100 of them dead; if govt cannot, we will do it : martyr Aurangzeb's brother

The family members who were shattered by the sudden death of the soldier on the occasion of Eid, were demanding that those responsible for the death of Aurangzeb should be given exact retribution.

New Delhi: Indian army martyr Aurangzeb who was abducted and then killed by terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian on the eve before Eid, was laid to rest on Saturday. The family members who were shattered by the sudden death of the soldier on the occasion of Eid, were demanding that those responsible for the death of Aurangzeb should be given exact retribution. They even talked of getting into direct fight with the terrorists. An emotional brother of Aurangzeb demanded dead bodies of a hundred terrorists. He said to ANI: “For my brother, we want hundreds of them (terrorists) gunned down, but we are under the government, if government cannot decimate hundred of them, then let us do it, we know how to do it.” Watch: Central government will today decide on whether the suspension of operations against militants for Ramadan will resume now or not. The last rites of army jawan Aurangzeb, who was killed by terrorists in Pulwama, were performed in his native village in Poonch. During the ceremony, the local residents raised slogans of 'Shaheed Aurangzeb amar rahe'. Furthermore, locals raised anti-Pakistan slogans to express their outrage over Aurangzeb's killing. Aurangzeb was abducted by militants at Kalampora in Pulwama when he was on his way home in Rajouri district for Eid celebrations. His body was found by a team of police and Army at Gussu village, about 10 km away from Kalampora, in Pulwama district. He was shot in his head and neck, police said. Aurangzeb belonged to 4 Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry and was posted at the 44 Rashtriya Rifles camp at Shadimarg in Shopian, they said.
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