On Tuesday, Tanveer’s family members left for Jammu to collect the body. Tanveer’s family, meanwhile, claimed that he was a militant till 2004, but had no affiliation with it afterward. NC legislator Ali Mohammad Sager asked the government to explain whether it was a fake encounter. The government, however, claimed that the Bemina youth had opened fire on CRPF and police personnel and was killed in retaliation, adding that firearms were also recovered from his possession. “All the passengers were asked by the security forces to disembark from the bus for a search… one passenger opened fire on the search party.

Source: Indian Express June 14, 2016 19:18 UTC