Top Hizb militant killed in Kashmir

A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed and an army jawan wounded in a fierce gunbattle between ultras and security forces in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir today.
     
The slain Hizbul ultra, identified as Parvaiz Ahmad Dar alias Musharaf, was a self-styled district commander of the outfit, army spokesman Lt Col JS Brar told PTI.

Acting on a specific information that some militants were hiding in village Malangpora-Awantipora, 30 kms from here, security forces raided the place, he said.

In the ensuing gunfight, the militant was killed and a jawan was wounded, the spokesman said.