Munazah Jan (c), daugther of government employee Asadullah Kumar, cry beside her father’s dead body on Saturday. Kumar’s dead body was found in a village in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district on Friday evening. Police said that Kumar was killed by militants, a claim refuted by his family and locals who say that the entire area was cordoned off by the forces on Friday. Photos: Faisal Khan

Government forces stationed in Kulgam’s Devsar village where people were demanding that the killer’s of Asadullah Kumar be brought to book.

People carrying the dead body of Kumar.

Women protesting against the “mysterious killing” of government employee Asadullah Kumar.

People head towards a village graveyard for the final rites of Asadullah Kumar.