Three militants of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a terror outfit linked to al Qaeda, were killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir’s Tral, police said on Wednesday.
Abdul Hameed Lelhari, identified as successor to Zakir Musa, was one of the three men killed by security forces on Tuesday, said Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh.
Zakir Rashid Bhat aka Zakir Musa, Kashmir’s most-wanted militant, was killed in a joint operation by the Army, CRPF and state police in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on May 23 this year.
Musa was affiliated with Pakistan-based militant group, Hizbul Mujahideen when it was led by Burhan Wani. In 2017, Musa formed his own outfit Ansar ul Gazwat ul Hind. Most of the militants of his outfit have now been killed by security forces.
