The CRPF told the court that if the pellet gun option was withdrawn they would have to use rifles, causing more fatalities.
The macabre deed was done by militants of the banned Hizbul Mujahideen.
An official said restrictions on assembly of four or more people also continued to remain force in rest of the Valley as a precautionary measure to maintain law and order.
Seven people including Altaf Ahmed Shah, the son-in-law of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, were arrested on Monday by the National Investigation Agency in connection with its probe into the funding of terror and subversive activities in the Kashmir Valley, officials said.
'It seems India wants to gain time, during which it would... employ every possible resource to crush the freedom struggle in the occupied territory,' Syed Salahuddin said.
Immediately after Modi delivered his speech, Omar merely tweeted "finally" but, in a subsequent tweet, voiced his disagreement with Modi's view.
It was suspected that the scholar from Tikipora in Lolab area might have joined the Hizbul Mujahideen.
Lieutenant G V Gopal Patankar said there had been at least one occasion recently when Pakistani troops were providing cover fire to militants trying to sneak in.
The NIA has recommended action with severe punishment against at least five officials of the Delhi police
