SAA event in Jammu & Kashmir, Ashmuji village in Kulgam District area, India on Sat 20th November 2021

A top militant ‘commander’ of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) was killed in an encounter in Ashmuji village in Kulgam District of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) on November 20, reports The Times of India. A senior Police officer said a joint team comprising the Police, Army’s 9 Rashtriya Rifles (RR) and the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)’s18 Bn launched a Cordon-and-Search Operation (CASO) on specific information about the presence of militants in Ashmuji village, Kulgam district, and when the Security Forces (SFs) neared the militant’s hiding spot, the militants opened fire, triggering a gunfight in which a militant was killed. The slain militant was identified as Mudasir Ahmad Wagay, a district ‘commander’, the official said. As per Police records, Mudasir was an A+ categorized militant and was active since year 2018 figuring among the list of most wanted militants in the area, adds Daily Excelsior. He was part of groups involved in several attacks on SFs and civilians, and was also involved in killing of a political worker Ghulam Hassan Lone in Devsar area of Kulgam. One INSAS (Indian Small Arms System) assault rifle recovered from him is the same which was snatched by militants in 2017 at Pombay DH Pora during an attack on bank vehicle.