Shopian incident: death toll increases; restrictions in Srinagar

On Sunday evening militants had attacked an army camp in Shopian, Jammu Kashmir. The number reported dead have increased.

The death toll in Sunday night’s firing incident in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir has climbed to five after one more body was recovered from the scene on Monday.

“Another body has been found at a distance from Sunday evening’s incident at Pahnoo Shopian,” a police spokesman said.

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He said the deceased had been identified as Gowhar Ahmed Lone of Chitragam in Shopian. Sources said Lone’s body was recovered from a car.

Four people, including a militant, were killed in a firing incident on Thursday night in Shopian district after the ultras fired upon a joint check-point of the security forces.

A police official said a joint MVCP (mobile vehicle check post) near Pohan in Shopian had signaled a car to stop, but it did not. The Army men were fired upon and they retaliated, in which a militant was killed, the official said.

He said a weapon and a pouch were found near the militant’s body.

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He said when police were called in, they found a car some distance away in which three boys were found dead.

Srinagar-based Defence Spokesman Col Rajesh Kalia said the militant had been identified as Shahid Ahmad Dar, a resident of Ramnagri, Shopian.

He said the three boys were over-ground workers and accomplices of the slain militant.

All the three were locals and residents of Trenz, Pinjoora and Imamsahib areas of Shopian.