[Straits Times] A 24-HOUR standoff in Indian Kashmir between troops and an injured turban who was holed up inside a mosque ended on Tuesday with the bad boy going titzup, coppers said.Police said repeated attempts to persuade the hard boy to give up had failed. He took refuge in the mosque early on Monday, having been injured in a gunbattle with Indian troops.
'He died of the injuries he had sustained during the encounter. The mosque was not stormed by the troops nor was any fire directed at the religious structure,' a police officer said, wishing to remain anonymous.
The gunbattle outside the mosque in the northern district of Bandipora had left one other bad boy beyond all cares and woe.
Militants have regularly taken shelter in Kashmiri mosques in the past, with security forces facing the risk of tedious riots in the state if they pursue them.