Following the deaths of four civilians on Sunday during an encounter between the security forces and militants in Jammu and Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday, the indications of a violence-hit summer are already being felt across the state. There is a worry that again the cycle of protests and arrests might soon take over the Valley only to be aggravated if further deaths of civilians happen in the process. The state machinery has already ushered into an alarm mode in a tragic continuation of the ritual of previous summers. On…
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