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Kashmir violence: Muslims defy curfew to attend funeral of Kashmiri Pandit

The residents of Sheikh Mohalla in Maharaj Gunj rushed to help Deepak Malhotra and his family perform the last rites of his mother, who passed away on Saturday morning, a police official said.

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Despite Srinagar being under curfew, a group of Muslims stepped out of their homes on Saturday to participate in the last rites of a Kashmiri Pandit.

The residents of Sheikh Mohalla in Maharaj Gunj rushed to help Deepak Malhotra and his family perform the last rites of his mother, who passed away on Saturday morning, a police official said.

“The local Muslims carried the body of the woman to the cremation ground,” he said.

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Malhotra and his family did not migrate when a large number of Kashmiri Pandits fled the Valley at the onset of militancy in 1990.

The old city has been under curfew since last Saturday, following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani in an encounter with security forces.

First uploaded on: 17-07-2016 at 00:23 IST
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