India, Sept. 19 -- Srinagar: Two civilian killings in the past few days at the hands of police and security forces in Kashmir have raised a question mark on the claims of officials that they were killed in "crossfire". Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha has already said that he will not tolerate any police excess and has assured justice to such families.

On wee hours of Wednesday, during a cordon operation in the Firdousabad locality of Batmaloo, a woman was coming to her baker shop along with her son and got killed when security forces opened indiscriminate fire. Police have refuted the family's claim and said that she was killed in a crossfire.

Police spokesman in Srinagar said that the deceased woman Kousar Reyaz (45) was killed in a "c...