These incidents evoked angry protests against the J&K administration and people refused to cremate bodies of the killed and blocked the approach to the village by placing corpses of the six on the road. They were demanding that the Lt. Governor Manoj Sinha should personally visit the village and listen to their woes.
A major tragedy with the disposal of the improvised explosive device (IED) planted by terrorists on the Sopore-Kupwara highway.
Police have recovered one Chinese grenade from his possession.
A defence spokesman said that based on intelligence received from J&K Police and further corroborated by Indian Army, regarding presence of an IED in General Area Astingoo on Bandipora-Sopore road, a joint operation was launched by Indian Army and JKP on the intervening night of 14 and 15 October.
DGP Gaurav Yadav said that in an intelligence led operation, Yuvraj Sabharwal alias Yash, a resident of Navi Abadi Faizpura, was arrested from Kullu in Himachal Pradesh.
The bomb disposal squad of Police and Army destroyed it on spot.
