Angry over the killing of Asrar Mushtaq Dar, whose body was found on Wednesday, people demanded arrest and punishment to the culprits.

Dar, a resident of Maisuma locality of the city, went missing on July 3, when the area witnessed a violent clash between police and a stone-pelting mob protesting the killing of four persons in Baramulla town.

The family members of Asrar accused police of showing no seriousness in tracking the case. "Police did not show seriousness in tracking the case. It seemed as if they were looking for a pickpocket or a burglar", Khurshid Ahmad, uncle of the murdered boy said.

From day one, police lacked seriousness to find him, they were preoccupied with other things. they gave preference to maintaining law and order than solving the case, he said.

Authorities have deployed policemen and paramilitary CRPF jawans on the roads to main law and order.