One person killed in Kupwara

Srinagar, July 03: Indian troops killed one person during search operations in Kupwara district, today.Rashtriya Rifles killed the youth at Wadderbala forest in Zachaldara. The operation was continuing when last reports came in.

Meanwhile, Indian Army on Friday has claimed recovered the bodies of six of the eight persons who were buried alive in an avalanche in Gurez area in March.

An Indian defence spokesman told media in Srinagar, they got buried alive in the avalanche during heavy snow conditions in March.

He said the bodies could not be retrieved earlier due to heavy accumulation of snow.  With the melting of snow bodies of what he described six militants have been recovered and a search is on to locate the remaining bodies, the spokesman claimed.