Srinagar: Violent clashes between local youth and government forces erupted in Turkuwangum village of South Kashmir’s Shopian district on Thursday morning amid a massive search operation.
Jamia Masjid Shopian during a shutdown. File Photo
Reports said that a joint team of government forces acting upn inputs about presence of militants in the village, launched a massive search operation to trace the hiding militants.
As the forces laid a siege, the local youth pelted them with stones and brics prompting the forces to fire tear smoke shells to disperse the protesting youth.
Witnesses said that a massive deployment of goverment forces including Army, CRPF and J&K Police are jointly conducting te search operation.
They said that the authorities have also suspended the mobile Internet services in the district.
More to follow.
This post was published on April 25, 2019