Hours before the security grid declared the Hyderpora ‘encounter’ over, a couple of tweets by a slain builder’s relative pushed Kashmir to an edge, triggering a quick systematic rethink that led to the return of mortal remains of two slain and a probe by a magistrate.
The family of 23-year-old Muhammad Amir, killed in the Hyderpora 'encounter' on November 15 along with three others, is still waiting for his dead body which was buried by the police without their knowledge.
Nirmaljeet Singh was doing a cinematography course away from his J&K home when the communications' blockade was announced in the aftermath of the Article 370 move. Events since then made it impossible to stay off politics.
Families of militants killed by Indian forces are decrying a ban on returning the bodies. Authorities have cited COVID-19 and fears of new recruitment as reasons for burying those killed in remote border areas.