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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>{{Short description|Indian Kashmiri politician (died 2003)}}<br />
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{{Infobox person<br />
| name = Mohammad Yusuf Parray<br />
| image = Kuka_Parray.jpg<br />
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| death_date = {{Death date |df=yes|2003|09|13}}<br />
| death_place = Hajin, [[Bandipora district|Bandipore]], [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
| other_names = Kuka Parray<br />
| known_for = Counter-insurgency movement in [[Jammu and Kashmir (state)|Jammu and Kashmir]], India<br />
| death_cause = Killed in ambush by militants<br />
| party = [[Jammu & Kashmir Awami League|JKLF]]<br />
}}<br />
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'''Mohammad Yusuf Parray''', better known as '''Kuka Parray''', was an [[Indian people|Indian]] former [[Member of the Legislative Assembly (India)|MLA]] from [[Kashmir]] and the founder of the [[Jammu & Kashmir Awami League]].<ref name="hindu1">{{cite news|title=Kuka Parrey shot dead|url=http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/14/stories/2003091406190100.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031027105104/http://www.hindu.com/2003/09/14/stories/2003091406190100.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=27 October 2003|access-date=24 April 2018|newspaper=[[The Hindu]]|date=14 September 2003}}</ref> He was a Kashmiri [[folk singer]], before he founded the pro-government militia, ''[[Ikhwan (Kashmir)|Ikhwan-ul-Muslemoon]]'', that targeted militants.<ref>{{cite news|title=Dance of death on bloody Saturday|url=http://www.telegraphindia.com/1030914/asp/frontpage/story_2364518.asp|access-date=11 September 2012|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=14 September 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Former Militant Parray Killed In J&K Ambush|url=http://www.jammu-kashmir.com/archives/archives2003/kashmir20030913c.html|access-date=11 September 2012|newspaper=The Asian Age}}</ref> His death was considered a major blow to the Indian forces in their fight against the terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir. The then Chief Minister, [[Mufti Mohammad Sayeed]], described his murder as "a setback to the peace process".<br />
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==Death==<br />
Parray was on his way to inaugurate a cricket match in Sonawari, District Bandipora of Jammu and Kashmir state, when hiding terrorists opened fire on his car. He died ''en route'' to SKIMS hospital.<ref name="hindu1" /><br />
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