Breaking her silence over the incident Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti tweets “ Deeply distressed by more deaths of civilians caught in the crossfire in Shopian. My heartfelt condolences to the deceased’s families.”
Pertinently, on 27th January, this at least Five civilians were killed in government forces action in same district, the state government filed a FIR against the army which evoked a hot debate.
According to KNB monitoring desk, the protests came a day after the Finance Department today released Rs 140 crore for payment of salaries to the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA) teachers in the State.