Srinagar: Intense protests, clashes erupted in Pulwama town of southern Kashmir on Friday following the killing of a local militant in a gunfight with government forces.
Eyewitnesses said that scores of youths took to streets and hurled government forces with rocks in the town soon after the news of killing of a local militant Ishfaq Yousuf Wani, a resident of Koil village spread.
They said that the government forces responded by firing tear gas shells and pellet firing.
The gunfight erupted after a joint team of government forces including Army, Jammu and Kashmir police’s Special Operations Group and CRPF paramilitary forces launched a cordon and search operation in Riznipora village following specific information about the presence of militants there, a police official said.
He said the search operation turned into an encounter after the militants fired upon the search party of the forces, who retaliated.
This post was published on December 28, 2018