Jammu:
A top Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militant, who was involved in several attacks on security forces, was
killed in a gunbattle with army in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district today.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants in Gandoh forest belt, Rashtriya Rifles troops launched a search operation in the area, DIG (Doda-Kishtwar Range) Maneesh Sinha
told reporters here.
During the searches, a gunfight erupted in which the top-ranking Pak-trained militant identified as Gulam Nabi was killed, he said.
Nabi was a self-styled deputy divisional commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen for Chinab division and was involved in militancy since 1994, the DIG said.
He was involved in a number of attacks on security forces, the police officer said.
killed in a gunbattle with army in Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district today.
Acting on a tip-off about the presence of militants in Gandoh forest belt, Rashtriya Rifles troops launched a search operation in the area, DIG (Doda-Kishtwar Range) Maneesh Sinha
told reporters here.
During the searches, a gunfight erupted in which the top-ranking Pak-trained militant identified as Gulam Nabi was killed, he said.
Nabi was a self-styled deputy divisional commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen for Chinab division and was involved in militancy since 1994, the DIG said.
He was involved in a number of attacks on security forces, the police officer said.
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