Meanwhile, the ongoing gunfight between a combined team of security personnel from the Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police and terrorists in the Kokernag area of the Anantnag district entered the third straight day, with drones and quadcopters being pressed into service on Friday to locate
The mortal remains of Major Aashish Dhonchak, who lost his life in the ongoing encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag, were brought to his residence in Panipat on Friday.
"If Jammu and Kashmir have been declared a union territory, it is the responsibility of the PM and the Home Minister to ensure law and order over there. Don't you feel sad? Why isn't there a statement on this from your side"? Raut questioned the Centre.
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday paid tribute to Colonel Manpreet Singh and Major Ashish Dhonak, who lost their lives during an encounter with terrorists in Anantnag.
The Kishtwar Police on Thursday paid tribute to Deputy Superintendent of Police (DySP) Humayun Bhat who was killed during an encounter with terrorists that broke out in the Kokernag area in the Anantnag district on Wednesday.
The Dogra Front on Thursday held a protest in Jammu against Pakistan after four security personnel, including two senior-ranking Indian Army officers, and one police officer lost their lives in separate encounters with terrorists in Kashmir valley.
"I don't see the end of this (encounters). Today we had an encounter in Rajouri, there are encounters daily (taking place in (Kashmir). The government (Centre and J-K) is shouting daily that militancy is over (in Kashmir). Now tell me, is militancy over?"
Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha expressed his grief over the death of the officers in the encounter and also paid tributes to the J-K DySP at Budgam on Wednesday.
An Indian Army Colonel commanding a Rashtriya Rifles Unit along with a Major and a Deputy Superintendent of Police were killed in a gunfight with terrorists in Kokernag area of Kashmir's Anantnag district on Wednesday.