CRPF claims as soon as the tweet was noticed, its brass in J&K contacted Northern Command to protest. Soon after the operation, Army's Northern Command tweeted, "Army kills two terrorists who fired upon CRPF convoy at Pampore, Kashmir Ops in prog. tnnSources in the Army asserted that Rashtriya Rifles was in fact instrumental in killing the terrorists. Injured CRPF personnel being attended to". While CRPF DG K Durga Prasad on Monday said Rashtriya Rifles personnel arrived only after the counter-operation was over, Army officially claimed the quick reaction team of Rashtriya Rifles in the area responded as soon as the incident took place.

Source: Times of India June 27, 2016 23:26 UTC