Colonel Manpreet Singh, the CO of 19, Rashtriya Rifles, and Major Aashish D of the Indian Army were also critically injured along with DSP Bhat during the prolonged encounter. They died due to excessive loss of blood.
Police arrested Kathua teacher Farooq Ahmed for thrashing Hindu student who wrote Jai Shri Ram on blackboard, the co-accused principal of the school is still absconding.
The constitutional bench comprised of justices Sanjay Kishan Kaul, Sanjiv Khanna, BR Gavai and Surya Kant and CJI DY Chandrachud noted that back in 1957, the constitution Jammu and Kashmir constituent assembly accepted was the Indian constitution with certain modifications and exceptions.