Protests rock Kashmir's Pulwama district after Indian troops killed four rebels, including two counterinsurgency police officers who defected to fight with rebels in disputed region
Kashmiri villagers carry a slain rebel fighter during a funeral procession at Panjran village in Pulwama, south of Srinagar in India-administered Kashmir, on June 7, 2019.
Soldiers laid siege to a residential area in southern Pulwama district, triggering an exchange of fire with armed rebels hiding in a house late Thursday evening. "Two were local militants and the other two were identified as SPOs who had gone missing," the police officer said, referring to the two Special Police Officers.The officers had deserted, taking their automatic rifles, a day earlier to join the rebel ranks.Paid 6,000 rupees a month, they are mostly deployed for counterinsurgency duties and providing personal security for dignitaries.
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