A Wagno-R vehicle bearing registration number JK03F /7505 with seven people aboard fell in a deep gorge at Sinthan Top in the jurisdiction of Police Station Kokernag.
The slain militants were identified as Adil, Danish and Qasim. The third militant identified as Qasim is believed to be a Pakistani, all belonging to JeM.
Besides right violation by state, the report quotes the Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti, which represents the Pandit population, as stating that 650 Kashmiri Pandits have been killed by armed groups in Kashmir.