Srinagar, May 10: A top Harkat-Ul-Mujahideen militant was killed in a gunbattle with security forces in frontier district of Kupwara of Jammu and Kashmir, police said today. The militant identified as Akram Hafiz, resident of Hafizabad in Pakistan, was killed by a joint team of army and police at Churnar Forests last night, police said. Acting on a tip-off, policemen and troops of 33 Rashtriya Rifles raided the area last night and in the ensuing gunbattle the militant, wanted in number of militancy-related cases, was killed.
One AK rifle, its four magazines, a hand grenade, 80 rounds and some documents were recovered from the slain militant, they said. Bureau Report