SRINAGAR, March 7: Indian troops killed a top commander of a hardline rebel group in revolt-hit Kashmir in a gunbattle early Tuesday, the army said. The commander belonged to Lashkar-i-Toiba, the army said.

“A top Lashkar commander Mohammed Sultan, alias Khalid, was killed in an operation in Chithargul village of (southern) Anantnag district,” army spokesman Col Hemant Juneja said.—AFP