Fifth body of a civilian was found near the shootout site in Shopian on Monday morning, as the authorities imposed curfew-like restrictions in Shopian, Pulwama and Srinagar as a precautionary measure.
"Another body has been found at a distance from the Sunday evening incident at Pahnoo Shopian," said a Srinagar-based police spokesman.
The police identified the deceased as Gowhar Ahmed Lone of Chitragam in Shopian. Lone, who was pursuing M.P.Ed at Nagpur University in Maharashtra, had four bullets on his body. The police said it has "initiated an investigation" into the incident.
A total of five people, including a Lashkar-e-Taiba militant and four civilians, has been killed amid conflicting versions. The Army said a patrol came under fire around 8 p.m. and in the "retaliatory fire one militant and four of his accomplices in a car were killed."
The Army described the deceased as "over ground workers" of militants. However, the locals and the victim families claimed none of the "civilians" had any association with militants and were killed in "a cold blooded murder".
Shopian has remained tense this year as five civilians were killed in two separate firing incidents on January 10 and January 27. In both the incidents, locals accused the security forces of "indiscriminate fire". The Army faces an FIR in the January 27 incident.
Meanwhile, authorities imposed restrictions in parts of Srinagar, Pulwama and Shopian. Internet services have been barred in parts of south Kashmir as sporadic protests broke out there.
All train services have been suspended. Kashmir University has cancelled all examinations. The exams of prestigious Kashmir Administrative Services were also postponed. Separatists have called for a shutdown against the incident.
