Family of the two dead men staged a candlelight vigil in Srinagar demanding their bodies be returned for a proper Islamic burial. Police said that the men died in "crossfire" on Monday during a shootout inside a commercial complex in Srinagar, the disputed region's main city. Their families said that they were civilians and accused security forces of murdering the pair in "cold blood", denying police claims that the pair were associated with separatists. Police raided a candlelight vigil in Srinagar staged by family members demanding the pair's bodies be returned for a proper Islamic burial. Tens of thousands of people, mostly civilians, have been killed since an armed rebellion against Indian rule erupted more than three decades ago.

Source: The Express Tribune November 18, 2021 22:16 UTC