Yasmeena was to leave for Pakistan a month ago, but she had to delay her visit after her sister died in Jammu. “She returned from Jammu only a few days ago and started preparations for the visit,” said her nephew. “This was her fate. Or she would have left a month ago,” Aslam said.
At her home in Panthachowk, a neighbourhood in the outskirts of Srinagar city, the men of the family have gathered in the compound, waiting. The women have assembled in a large room — sobbing as they wait for the body. “We don’t know what would have happened to her body,” said Aslam.