Pulwama news: Asif Ahmad Padroo, 25, was hit by a bullet fired accidentally from the service rifle of a policeman at Haal in Pulwama at around 10:00 am, they said.
Jammu and Kashmir: The police said that incriminating material including a hand grenade was recovered from Malik's possession.
The case was re-registered by State Crime Police Station on December 5 against unknown persons of the Indian Army under sections 302, 304 and 34 IPC and the investigation was handed over to a Special Investigation Team (SIT).
Soon after the incident, irked villagers torched vehicles of security forces and some people were reportedly shot when security forces opened fire to control the irate mob.
The civilian has been identified as Shahid Ahmad. More details into the incident are yet being probed, officials said.
In a letter claiming the responsibility for killing 11 civilians, the United Liberation Front has asked migrant workers to leave Kashmir, adding they would revenge the killing of Muslims across the country.
This came in wake of a terrorist attack in which two non-local labourers were shot dead and another injured in the Kulgam district of South Kashmir on Sunday.
The suspected terrorists fired on two local vendors, the Kashmir Zone Police said.
Classes have been suspended in most colleges in the valley, including the Kashmir University and the Islamic University of Science and Technology (IUST), as a precautionary measure.
Heavy deployments of police and the CRPF were made in Srinagar's old city area other law and order sensitive places.
Pakistan violated the ceasefire in Pargwal, Arnia, Kanachak and R.S. Pura areas of Jammu district targeting Border Security Force (BSF) and civilian facilities.
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