Indian-managed Kashmir soldiers demolished the houses of two men suspected of carrying out the deadliest attack on civilians in nearly two decades.
Police say the attackers are members of the Resistance Front (TRF), a faction of Pakistan’s Lashkar-e-Taiba (Let). Pakistan rejected the charge.
Meanwhile, Indian security forces launched a massive hunt for those who killed 26 men in Pahalgam on Tuesday.
Authorities have released sketches of three suspects: Adil Hussain Thokar, the suspicious Kashmir rebels, and two Pakistani citizens identified as Ali Bhai and Hashim Musa. They are also looking for another alleged rebel Ashif Sheikh.
A policeman and his relatives said the families of two suspected insurgents were also detained for interrogation after the attack.
Sheikh’s sister Yasmeena said soldiers blocked the area around her house in the southern Trar region of Kashmir late Thursday night.
“A soldier climbed over the mud walls of our house,” Yasmeena said.
“After a while, a big and terrifying explosion fell down the house. Everything inside was destroyed,” she said, adding that no one was at home at the time.
A police officer said the soldiers also destroyed Tokal’s family home in the neighboring Bjobara area in the same way.
“Two (suspected rebels) have been active for three to four years and are part of the TRF, a branch of LET,” the official told AFP News on anonymous condition.
“They are militants (rebels) involved in early attacks on security forces,” the official added.
Police also provided a bounty of 2 million rupees ($23,500) to provide information that led to everyone’s arrest.






