In 2018, a young boy was killed in cold-blood in downtown Srinagar in a pre-dawn crackdown in a locality where militants were hiding. Later, when his people were carrying his dead body for burial, the procession was tear-gassed. That is when one of his neighbours tore his shirt off in frustration and asked the police to shoot him in the chest. I saw his picture, crying with flailing arms. This posture reminded me of the Christ on the cross.
