Jammu and Kashmir Administration on Thursday exhumed bodies of two residents, Mohammad Altaf Bhat and Dr. Mudassir Gul—from a graveyard at Zachaldara Handwara where they were buried along with two other persons who were killed in a ‘ suspicious military operation’ in Hyderpora on Monday.
Following the continued protests over the return of dead bodies by the kin of the deceased; the bodies are being sent to Srinagar for handing over the same to the families.
Sources revealed that the families have been asked to limit the funeral to a few people only. Meanwhile restrictions have been imposed in the area to prevent any “law and order” situation.
The families of the two civilians contested the police claims and had been demanding their bodies for proper burial.