Deepak's family had stayed back in Kashmir during the Kashmiri Pandit exodus that happened in 1990. Kashmiri Muslims residing in Maharaj Gunj's Sheikh Mohalla carried the body of the woman to the cremation ground, a policeman said. The Indian Express reports that a group of Muslims in Srinagar's Maharaj Gunj, stepped out of their homes yesterday, defying the curfew, to help a Kashmiri Pandit, Deepak Malhotra, and his family conduct a ritualistic funeral for Deepak's mother, who passed away on Saturday morning. Since protests broke out after Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Vani was killed in an encounter, a curfew has been prevailing in various parts of the valley, including Srinagar.

Source: India Today July 17, 2016 14:48 UTC