"Eliminating militants are part of daily operations of the
security forces, but had we (government) apprehended that this (killing of Wani) would take such a shape or if we had information that situation would take such a bad shape we would have made proper arrangements," he told reporters in Katra town of district Reasi.
Singh said the situation going out of hand was an accident
"That was a routine anti-terror operation and the terrorists were killed. The issue that was created after it was handled in one or two days, had we known that the situation would take such a turn we would have taken precautionary measures," he said.
Singh said "the terrorists who take up guns would be dealt the same way.