Hyderpora Encounter: Bodies of Two Civilians Killed in Jammu and Kashmir Exhumed; to Be Handed Over to Families
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul, two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter, for handing them over to their families, officials said.
Srinagar, November 18: Authorities on Thursday exhumed bodies of Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Mudasir Gul, two civilians killed in the Hyderpora encounter, for handing them over to their families, officials said. The bodies were exhumed after sundown and are likely to be handed over to their families later in the night, they said.
This will be for the first time that the body of a person buried under police watch is returned to his kin since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in March last year. Hyderpora Encounter: Omar Abdullah, People's Conference Stage Sit-In, Demand Return of Bodies.
The bodies, accompanied by a police team, are being moved to Srinagar from Handwara where they were initially buried, the officials said.
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