SRINAGAR, Oct 2: Indian troops said on Sunday they had shot dead a senior rebel commander in held Kashmir, terming it a ‘major success in the fight against insurgency’ in the state.

Abdul Rashid Gujjar, a commander of rebel group Hizbul Mujahedin, was shot dead late Saturday in a battle with troops in Pulwama, a statement by India’s Border Security Force said.

“He was active since 1994 and involved in over 100 killings of security personnel and political workers, including two car bomb explosions in the past two years that killed 22 soldiers,” the statement said.

“Gujjar’s elimination is a major success against militants this year,” the statement added.

It said Gujjar’s accomplice Mushtaq Ahmed was injured in the fighting and captured. —-AFP