Bukhari received multiple bullets in his head and abdomen and was declared brought dead at the hospital..Earlier as the cortege started from his ancestral home a furlong away, there was screaming, yelling and wailing by women standing in compound corners, the veranda and the balconies.Rising Kashmir which published its daily edition on Friday even after losing its editor-in-chief carried the full-page photograph of Bukhari in black background.  
In somewhat Lycra Fabric suppliers brouhaha Bukhari’s father Prof.Evidently, he was reacting to statements pouring in from various political parties –both mainstream and separatist-their leaders, government functionaries in Srinagar and Delhi, militant organisations and almost everyone else who identifies himself with Kashmir at home as well as abroad.The imam performed the funeral prayer out loud and everyone else followed him. We will uphold your principle of telling the truth howsoever unpleasant it may be.50-year-old Bukhari, the group editor-in-chief of daily newspapers Rising Kashmir (English).
Buland Kashmir (Urdu) and Sangarmal (Kashmiri) and weekly Parcham (Urdu) was attacked by three motorcycle-borne gunmen in his car outside his office in Srinagar’s media hub Mushtaq Press Enclave on Thursday evening. As the prayer ended, all yelled “Allahummaghfirlahu warhamhu wa’fu ‘anhu, wa adkhil hul jannat” (O Allah! Forgive him and have mercy on him, give him strength and take him into Paradise).Rest in peace!”end-ofTags: shujaat bukhari killing case, j&k police, shujaat bukhariLocation: India, Jammu and Kashmir, Srinagar. Her face stood frozen and her eyes were asking the crucial question “Who killed him”?Bukhari before taking over as editor-in-chief of Rising Kashmir in 2009 had worked as J&K correspondent of The Hindu for fifteen years.  Syed Rafi-u-Din Bukhari and brother Syed Basharat Bukhari who is a minister in the PDP-BJP government got pushed on second row. The message written below it said “You left all too sudden but you will always be our leading light with your professional conviction and exemplary courage.  
Among the close kin, it was only slain journalist’s teenage son Tamheed who stood firm and did not leave his place next to the coffin.U Naqash)Kreeri (Kashmir): “Who killed him then?”, asked an elderly Kashmiri among thousands of mourners who turned up at the funeral of journalist Syed Shujaat Bukhari here on Friday. His wife Dr. Tahmina looked through a window of the second floor of the house to have a glimpse of the cortege and then screamed.