February 17, 2014 03:17 am | Updated May 18, 2016 08:44 am IST - SRINAGAR
A top militant of the Hizbul Mujahideen was killed during a joint operation by the Army and the police in Sopore area of northern Kashmir on Sunday.
Official sources said the 50-year-old militant, Mohammad Shafi Sheikh of Zaloora, got killed in a gunfight when units of Rashtriya Rifles 22nd battalion and Special Operations Group of the J&K Police raided his hideout at Seelu early on Sunday morning.
A pistol was found near his body.
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