A single judge bench of the J&K high court had allowed the exhuming of Aamir's body, who was killed along with three others in Hyderpora in November 2021, but it was later stayed by a division bench.
The death of 20-year-old Shoaib Muhammad Ganai is only the latest in a long list of civilian deaths in which the official narrative differs from what the victims' families claim.
In a tweet, the Army’s Srinagar-based 15 Corps had claimed that the joint operation was carried out on intelligence inputs of J&K Police. Police say it was the Army’s 2nd Rashtriya Rifles which gave intelligence inputs.