SRINAGAR, March 2: A militant on the Indian army’s “most wanted” list in occupied Kashmir was shot dead during a fierce gunbattle with troops, police said on Friday.
The militant’s bodyguard was also slain, police said.
“The two were killed late on Thursday in Morha Daraj village,” police officer Farooq Ahmed said.
Mohammed Yasin, a top commander of Hizbul Mujahedin, and his bodyguard were killed during a four-hour battle sparked by a raid on a hideout following a tip-off, police said.
Yasin was the Indian army’s “most wanted militant” in the southern twin districts of Rajouri and Poonch.
“His death is a big setback to Hizb,” Ahmed said.—AFP