A joint team of security forces early on Friday morning dealt a body blow to top Hizbul Muhajideen (HM) commanders active in Kashmir Valley by neutralising Lateef Ahmad Dar, alias Tiger of Dogripora Pulwama, the lone surviving member of Burhan Wani group, along with two other local terrorists in a fierce firefight in South Kashmir’s Shopian district.
Timing of the clinical operation is set to boost the morale of the security forces deployed in the area to ensure peaceful polling in the final phase in Shopian and Pulwama districts on May 6.
After the killing of HM’s poster boy Burhan Wani in July 2016, several other top commanders were neutralised by the security forces.
Lateef Ahmad Dar, killed in Shopian, was lone surviving member of the group who was still active in the area.