▁who ▁are ▁convers ant ▁with ▁social ▁media ▁and ▁not ▁afraid ▁to ▁reve al ▁their ▁ident ities . ▁They ▁have ▁achieved ▁an ▁immense ▁popular ity ▁among ▁the ▁K ash mi ri ▁population . ▁When ▁W ase em ▁Mal la ▁and ▁N ase er ▁A hm ad ▁P and it , ▁two ▁of ▁Bur han ' s ▁associ ates ▁were ▁killed ▁by ▁security ▁forces , ▁tens ▁of ▁thousands ▁of ▁local ▁K ash mir is ▁came ▁to ▁attend ▁the ▁fun eral ▁and ▁the ▁fun eral ▁r ites ▁had ▁to ▁be ▁repeated ▁six ▁times ▁to ▁allow ▁all ▁the ▁m ourn ers ▁to ▁particip ate . ▁Some ▁of ▁the ▁youth s ▁who ▁recently ▁became ▁milit ants ▁had ▁campaign ed ▁for ▁P DP ▁during ▁the ▁general ▁elections ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 . ▁ ▁Operation ▁against ▁Bur han ▁On ▁ 8 ▁July ▁ 2 0 1 6 , ▁Bur han ▁W ani ▁was ▁killed ▁in ▁a ▁planned ▁operation ▁by ▁the ▁Jam mu ▁and ▁K ash mir ▁Police ▁and ▁the ▁Ras ht ri ya ▁R if les . ▁Following ▁a ▁tip - off ▁that ▁W ani ▁was ▁planning ▁to ▁come ▁down ▁from ▁the ▁Tr al ▁forest ▁for ▁E id ▁celebr ations , ▁he ▁and ▁two ▁associ ates ▁were ▁corner ed ▁in ▁the ▁K ok ern ag ▁area . ▁According ▁to ▁police ▁officials , ▁after ▁an ▁exchange ▁of ▁fire , ▁the ▁house ▁in ▁which ▁the ▁milit ants ▁were ▁stay ing ▁was ▁bom bed , ▁killing ▁all ▁three ▁milit ants . ▁However , ▁some ▁e y ew it ness es ▁have