Fearing for his life, terrorist Danish Ahmed, seen holding grenade during Sabzar Bhat's funeral, surrenders

Jammu: An unidentified militant who among hundreds of others had attended the funeral of slain Hizbul Mujahideen Sabzar Ahmed Bhat's funeral in South Kashmir's Tral surrendered before Handwara Police on Wednesday.

According to ANI, Danish Ahmed, whose identity was not known until now, was among many who had shouted pro-freedom, pro-Islam slogans praising Bhat and the ongoing jihad in Kashmir.

A video of Danish Ahmed attending Sabzar Bhat's funeral had also appeared on the social media. 

After surrendering, Ahmed admitted that he was in constant touch with terrorists of south Kashmir on social media and that he decided to become a terrorist on their instigation.

The Indian Army had recently released photos and full details of some 12 most wanted terrorists operating in Jammu and Kashmir, and launched a massive manhunt for them after eliminating Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhatt in separate encounters.   

Thousands of people, including a few militants, had offered funeral prayers for slain Hizbul commander Bhat and attended his burial at his ancestral village in south Kashmir's Tral in defiance of the curfew.

Bhat and his associate Faizan were killed in a gunfight with government forces in Saimoh village of Tral last month.

Despite strict restrictions, fasting mourners, braving sun, had arrived in Tral from various places for a last glimpse of the militant commander, a night before his funeral. 

A group of five militants, including Hizb commander Zakir Musa, also surfaced during the funeral prayers that were led by senior resistance leader Raja Mehraj-ud-din.

Another Hizb militant, believed to be Azaan from Shopian, also appeared on the graveyard twice.

People hugged him and kissed his face.

Many of the mourners visited Sabzar’s home to express solidarity with his family.

“Burhan Wani’s father Muzaffar Wani and father of another local militant Muhammad Younis Ganaie were among the mourners, many of whom were elderly men and women, who defied restrictions to attend the funeral in Rathsuna village,” local residents said.

Sabzar was laid to rest in the Martyrs Graveyard at Rathsun.

Last year tens of thousands of people—more than two lakh by one estimate—had attended the funeral of Burhan Wani, whose killing sparked months’ long protests across the Valley.