The police on Friday termed the killing of Zakir Musa as a “major success”.
On its official Twitter account, police wrote: “Active fromsix years he (Musa) was involved in number of militant activities. The militantwas carrying rocket, grenade launchers, projectiles, huge ammunition andwarlike stores.”
In another tweet the police said: “In a major successagainst militancy in South Kashmir security forces eliminated Zakir Moosa; onlysurviving militant of erstwhile Burhan group.”
After parting ways with Hizbul Mujahideen commander BurhanWani, Musa had floated Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind. He had joined Burhan Wani group in 2013. He succeeded Burhan as Hizb’sKashmir commander but parted ways with the outfit in May 2017.
A police spokesman in Srinagar said that Musa was declaredas a proclaimed offender by an NIA special court in a case that “pertains tohis involvement in serial blasts at Jalandhar, Punjab, on September 14, 2018”.