Srinagar, Oct 1 (TIWN) The bodies of the three persons killed in an encounter in South Kashmir's Shopian district on July 18 will be exhumed and handed over to the families, Inspector General, Kashmir Vijay Kumar said on Wednesday.

"Our fight is against this despicable thinking,"  the Congress leader added.  Earlier, the party had demanded Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath's resignation for "not acting in time".  The 19-year-old Dalit woman from Hathras was cremated early Wednesday in her native village amid tight security.