Jammu, March 10 -- Jammu & Kashmir lieutenant governor Manoj Sinha ordered a "thorough and transparent" investigation into the death of three civilians in Kathua district on Sunday, hours after Union minister Jitendra Singh alleged the involvement of terrorists and a "deep conspiracy".

The bodies of three civilians - Varun Singh (15), his paternal uncle Yogesh Singh (32), and maternal uncle Darshan Singh (40) -- were recovered from a river on Saturday evening.

A police officer aware of the matter said that no visible marks of injury were found on any of the bodies. P10

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