Rejecting the Army’s assertion that the four people killed in Shopian on Sunday were overground workers of militant groups, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said they were “civilians caught in the crossfire”. On Monday morning, police recovered two more bodies — of a militant and a civilian – close to the encounter site, taking the toll to six. “Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s families,” Chief Minister Mufti tweeted. On Sunday night, a joint MVCP (mobile vehicle check post) near Pohan in Shopian had signalled a car to stop, but it did not. The Armymen were fired upon and they retaliated, in which four people died.

Rejecting the Army’s assertion that the four people killed in Shopian on Sunday were overground workers of militant groups, Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti said they were “civilians caught in the crossfire”. On Monday morning, police recovered two more bodies — of a militant and a civilian – close to the encounter site, taking the toll to six. “Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s families,” Chief Minister Mufti tweeted. On Sunday night, a joint MVCP (mobile vehicle check post) near Pohan in Shopian had signalled a car to stop, but it did not. The Armymen were fired upon and they retaliated, in which four people died.