Police carry the body of a separatist militant who was holed up in a mosque in Radbug, some 30 kilometres southwest of Srinagar, Thursday, March 28, 2002. According to Army, one separatist militant belonging to Hezbul-ul-Mujahideen who was holed up in the mosque was killed in a gunfight with them. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Veiled Shazia Khan and Mushtaq Ahmad Dar both activists of Kashmir separatist group JKLF (Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front) in interrogation centre of police in Jammu on Tuesday, March 26, 2002. The duo were arrested by police with possession of one lakh US Dollars consignment on Sunday. (PTI Photo)

Mohammad Shaban, 55, recovers in a local hospital, after he was injured in a grenade attack in Shopian, some 31 miles south of Srinagar, Friday, March 22, 2002. According to police officials, 54 persons including two security force men were injured in separate incidents of violence in Kashmir on Friday. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Five year old schoolchild, Mema Bano, recovers in a Srinagar hospital, Thursday, March 21, 2002 after beeing injured by a landmine. Two schoolchildren were killed and five others seriously injured on March 20 by a landmine planted by militants aimed at Indian security forces in Kashmir. It was the second time in two years that schoolchildren have died in landmines planted by militants targeting security forces. (AFP Photo/Sajjad Hussain)

BSF personnel on high alert outside their headquarter which was attacked by Pak-based Lashker-e-Toiba militants at Sanatnagar in Srinagar on Monday. (PTI Photo)

Jammu and Kashmir police carry the bodies of Lashkar-e-Toiba's suicide bombers -Azamat Ullah and Shakot Jaman of Pakistan killed in encounter in Tikki Tawi area of Jammu on Sunday night. (PTI Photo)

A group of Kashmiri militants of the Hizbul Mujahideen being produced before the media at a police camp in Baramulla, Monday, March 11, 2002. According to the police, these militants were involved in various operations against security forces in north Kashmir. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Security personnel in high alert outside J&K Assembly, which resumed its autumn session on Wednesday, October 3, 2001 braving the suicide attack which left 38 persons including four militants killed and over 70 others injured on Monday. (PTI Photo)

Fire-servicemen extinguishing fire in the Jammu and Kashmir legilative council, a large portion of which was damaged during a gunfight between militants and security forces. Militants stormed the legilative assembly complex after a massive car bomb explosion. (PTI Photo)

LOST WORLD: The halcyon days seem to have receded. Shikaras or boats on the Dal lake in Srinagar, that once were a prime tourist attraction, now stand idle as insurgency bedevils the paradise that was Jammu and Kashmir. A boatman takes a nap as he waits for some business. (PTI photo)

A Kashmiri woman being consoled by her neighbours after a fierce encounter between militants and security forces reduced her house to rubble at Magam belt in central Kashmir on Tuesday, April 3, 2001. Two militants and a security jawan were killed in the gunfight. (PTI photo)

TROUBLE IN PARADISE: Security personnel patrolling the world famous Dal Lake in Srinagar to instill confidence among the domestic tourists visiting Kashmir. Security has been tightened in the valley, following the killings of six Sikhs by unidentified gunmen in a Srinagar locality last week. (PTI photo)

MOURNING THE DEAD: Police personnel laying wreaths on the bodies of their eight colleagues who were killed in a militant suicide attack on the police control room in Srinagar on Friday, February 9, 2001. (PTI photo/S Irfan)

A policeman fires teargas shell to chase away demonstrators in a Srinagar locality on Friday, February 16, 2001. Authorities imposed curfew in parts of Srinagar where protest demonstrations against the alleged custodial killings and Army firing on demonstrators at Sopore rocked the Valley on Friday. (PTI photo)

A view of a fierce clash between police and demonstrators in a Srinagar locality on Friday, February 16, 2001. One person was killed and several others injured as police opened fire to disperse agitated mobs protesting against the alleged custodial killings and Army firing on a peaceful demonstration on Thursday. (PTI photo)

Police patrolls Maisuma locality of Srinagar which witnessed violent demonstrations on Friday, February 16, 2001, resulting in the death of one person and injuries to several others in a police firing, forcing authorities to impose curfew. (PTI photo)

IN FLAMES AGAIN: A view of the demonstration and subsequent police teargassing by police at Ghantagarh in Lal Chowk, nerve centre of Srinagar, on Friday, February 16, 2001. One person was killed and several others injured, one of them critically, as violent demonstrations rocked Srinagar against the alleged custodial killings and Thursday's firing on peaceful demonstrators in north Kashmir. (PTI photo/S Irfan)

VIOLENCE CONTINUES: Kashmiri Muslims throwing stones at security forces amid tear-gas smoke during a protest in Srinagar on Saturday, February 17, 2001. Kashmiri Muslims were protesting against the killing of civilians in the last two days by the security forces. (AP photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Kashmiri Sikhs burn trees to block a highway during a demonstration in Baramullah in Jammu and Kashmir on Friday, February 23, 2001. According to police, a Sikh policeman was killed by suspected Kashmiri separatist militants in Baramullah on Thursday, February 22, 2001. (AP photo/Aijaz Rahi)

A BSF jawan watches as the people were busy removing debris of damaged houses at Nowhatta in downtown Srinagar on Thursday, March 8, 2001. At least five residential houses and twelve shops were damaged in a powerful blast aimed by militants to blow up a BSF camp in the area Wednesday evening. (PTI photo)