Updated On: 05 May, 2017 10:43 AM IST | Srinagar | Agencies
<p>Troops ask villagers to assemble in common area for better search of homes</p>


Indian army soldiers patrol during an operation against suspected militants in Turkwangam Lassipora in Shopian south of Srinagar on Thursday. Pic/AFP
Helicopters and drones circled the air and more than 4,000 troops fanned out across south Kashmir’s Shopian district in a massive operation to flush out militants holed up inside homes.