Scores of people, including militants, turned up for the funeral of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander Junaid Matoo at Khudwani village in Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Saturday.

Matoo was among the three LeT militants killed in an encounter with security forces at Arwani in Bijbehara on Friday. Police confirmed their death only after recovering their bodies from the debris early the next morning. Among the mourners were fellow-militants who performed a gun salute at the funeral.

A resident of Khudwani village, 20-year-old Matoo was a category A++ militant with a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head. His name figured in a list of 12 wanted men released recently by the Army. He became the outfit’s Kulgam commander after Majid Zargar was killed by security forces in December..