Shopian fake encounter: Bodies of civilians exhumed, handed over to families

Bodies of three civilians, who were martyred by the Indian army in south Kashmir’s Shopian district on July 18 and passed off as militants, were exhumed and handed over to their families on Saturday.

While confirming the development an official said the bodies of the three were exhumed in north Kashmir’s Baramulla.

On Thursday, District Magistrate Rajouri in Jammu region forwarded an application of the families to his counterpart in Baramulla. In the application, the families had demanded bodies of their kin.

Jammu and Kashmir Police had buried the bodies of the trio in Baramulla on July 18 after claiming that those killed were “unidentified militants killed in a gunfight.”