The militants made an abortive bid during the night to infiltrate into the Indian side of the LoC in Machil sector in north Kashmir's Kupwara district.
Preliminary investigation and scene of crime suggest that Ashok had asked his father Lala Ram, who had been watching some programme, to switch off the TV.
A total of 111 villages in four districts have been affected by the floods, caused by heavy rains and water released by the dams in neighbouring Maharashtra.