Srinagar, Feb 25: A week after the Hizbul Mujhideen warned people to keep away from the Lok Sabha elections, security forces killed five commanders of the outfit in a massive offensive in south Kashmir during the past 24 hours. Official sources said today the security forces, after a successful operation at Shopian in Pulwama, achieved yet another major success when they gunned down self styled Hizb divisional commander Abdul Majid and another militant at Kulgama last night. They said the troops on specific information that Majid, active for the past ten years in south Kashmir, was hiding at Yaripora Kulgam in Anantnag district, conducted the operation last night.


Majid was the brain behind a number of improvised explosive device (IED) explosions and attacks on security forces in south Kashmir.
Two AK rifles and other arms and ammunition were seized from the slain militant.
The killing of the Hizb commanders came a week after the outfit warned people to keep away from the Lok Sabha polls or face the consequences. Bureau Report