CISF trooper identified as Constable Manish Verma sustained an accidental firearm injury in the wee hours of Friday in Jhalass Government Higher Secondary School in Haveli area of Poonch district.
Developments are seen by many as a precursor to the Assembly election in the Union Territory that has to be held before September 30, a deadline set by the Supreme Court
Over two dozen houses damaged, no reports of casualties so far; Met forecast intermittent rainfall accompanied by the possibility of cloudbursts till August 11
Slogans of 'Brijesh Thapa Amar Rahe' reverberated in the air as a large number of people gathered to pay their respects to the mortal remains of the officer