J&K POLICE GUNS DOWN 3 TERRORISTS

Three militants allegedly owing allegiance to ISIS were killed in an encounter with security forces in Hakoora area of Anantnag district of Jammu and Kashmir on Monday.

Soon after the encounter, a photograph of one of the slain militants, Eisa Fazili, went viral on Facebook. In the photo, Eisa, a B.Tech student of Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri, is seen wearing a T-shirt with the ISIS emblem and standing near a banner of the outfit while carrying a gun.

Clashes between irate crowds and security forces were reported from parts of Srinagar and southern Anantnag as thousands of mourners turned up at the funeral of Eisa in Srinagar’s Ahmed Nagar area. The security forces fired teargas to disperse surging crowds which turned violent and hurled stones, witnesses said.

As a preventive measure to maintain peace, the authorities had ordered schools and colleges to shut in Srinagar district. Board exams in schools and university tests scheduled for Monday were deferred.