Five suspected rebels and an army soldier were killed in a gunfight in Indian-controlled Kashmir on Friday, officials said, as violence in the disputed region has increased in recent weeks. The gunfight erupted shortly after scores of counterinsurgency police and soldiers launched an operation based on a tip that militants were present in a village in southern Pulwama district late Thursday, police said. Five militants were killed in Friday’s incident, police said in a statement, and Inspector-General Vijay Kumar called the operation a “big success.” Government forces have stepped up operations against anti-India rebels in the region, which is divided between India and Pakistan and both nuclear-armed rivals claim the territory in its entirety. Suspected militants have also carried out attacks on police and in one case killed two family members of a police official. On Wednesday, Indian police said government forces killed three suspected militants in a gunfight and …