{"id":198648,"date":"2026-04-19T10:20:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=198648"},"modified":"2026-04-19T10:20:00","modified_gmt":"2026-04-19T05:20:00","slug":"retired-army-man-found-hanging-from-tree-in-kupwara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2026\/04\/19\/retired-army-man-found-hanging-from-tree-in-kupwara.html","title":{"rendered":"Retired army man found hanging from tree in Kupwara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-197934\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/body-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/body-1.jpg 696w, https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/body-1-390x220.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Srinagar: The body of a retired Indian army man was found hanging from a tree in Kupwara district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, the deceased was identified as Riyaz Ahmad Badana (45), a resident of Hatchmarg village in Handwara.<\/p>\n<p>Police said a team brought down the body, which was sent for medico-legal formalities. A case has been registered and an investigation is underway, officials added.<\/p>\n<p>Observers said the incident reflects the prevailing atmosphere of uncertainty and stress in the occupied territory.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: The body of a retired Indian army man was found hanging from a tree in Kupwara district of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. According to Kashmir Media Service, the deceased was identified as Riyaz Ahmad Badana (45), a resident of Hatchmarg village in Handwara. Police said a team brought down the body, which &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":197934,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-198648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2026\/04\/body-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=198648"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":198649,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/198648\/revisions\/198649"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/197934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=198648"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=198648"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=198648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}