Mobile Internet service was suspended in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district following a shootout that left the district commander of Lashkar-e-Toiba dead on Wednesday.
Reports said Irfan Ahmad Sheikh was killed in a shootout with the forces at his native Chakoora village.
Locals said that Internet was suspended in the district soon after the reports of killing of the LeT commander.
Reports said a joint team of the army, CRPF and SOG of Jammu and Kashmir Police cordoned off Chakoora area of Litter following inputs about the presence of militants.
It said the gunfight broke out after the forces approached the spot where the militants were hiding.
A police officer said that two to three militants were believed to be trapped in the area.
An eye witness said that intense clashes erupted after the youth marched towards the shootout site.
He said the forces fired tear gas shells to disperse the stone-throwing protesters.
