Srinagar: Top Hizbul Mujahideen militant Abdul Majid Dar was on March 23 shot dead
by unidentified gunmen at Sopore in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources said in
Srinagar.
Dar, who was at the residence of his brother Fayaz Ahmad at Noorbagh in Sopore in
Baramulla district, was shot dead by militants who barged into the house at 10:30 am
and opened indiscriminate fire on the inmates, the sources said.
Dar was rushed to a hospital where he was declared brought dead, the sources said.
His mother Shah Begum and sister Rehana were also injured in the firing, they said.
Dar, one of the front ranking commanders of Hizbul Mujahideen, shot to prominence
after he decided to hold talks with the government two years ago following a
ceasefire.
As the talks broke down due to internal bickering in the militant outfit, Dar parted
ways with Hizbul chief Syed Salahuddin and floated his own Hizbul Mujahideen.
No militant outfit has yet claimed responsibility for the killing.
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