While most media outlets had shared the PTI newsfeed of the incident, The Wire decided to give it their own twist. For them, the terrorists who had taken a village family hostage were just 'alleged' terrorists.
As per reports, the terrorists were found hiding in a cowshed. The Forces were reportedly acting on a tipoff that terrorists were present in the Rajwar forests area.
As news emerged that four Indian Army personnel died fighting the Pakistani terrorists, the Pakistanis and Islamists took to social media to celebrate the Handwara attacks.
Earlier, the Jammu and Kashmir police had booked two other Kashmiri journalists Masrat Zahra and Peerzada Ashiq for spreading misinformation on social media and sharing anti-national posts with criminal intent.
The J&K police official said that a person from the village was to be taken for screening but his family members refused and kept the medical team hostage inside their house.
The police said that the legal heirs of the slain terrorist had given in writing that they will adhere to social distancing when the body was handed over to them after completing medico-legal formalities.