Bashir Ahmad Peer was thought-about to be an in depth confidant of Hizbul Chief Syed Salahuddin.

Srinagar:

One of India’s most-wanted designated terrorist has been killed in Pakistan. Bashir Ahmad Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam, the highest commander of Hizbul Mujahideen was killed exterior a store in Rawalpindi on Monday night.

Peer was designated as a terrorist by the middle in October final yr for his function in sending terrorists and offering logistic help for infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir.

A resident of Babapora, Aloosa village in Kupwara district of Jammu and Kashmir, Peer was a hardcore terrorist commander who shifted his base to Pakistan 20 years in the past.

He was thought-about to be an in depth confidant of Hizbul Chief Syed Salahuddin.

According to Pakistani media stories, motorcycle-borne gunmen fired at Peer from point-blank on Monday night. He was standing exterior a store in Rawalpindi when he was focused.

As per stories, Peer, who was the launching commander of Hizbul in Pakistan, was enjoying a key function in recruiting and sending infiltrators and arms and ammunition into Kashmir.

While designating him as a terrorist below Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act UAPA, the Centre had additionally put out Peer’s Pakistani Computerized National Identity Card No. 82203-7942470-9.

In what seems to be a focused assault, the killing of Peer in Rawalpindi is seen as a significant setback for the Hizbul Mujahideen and could be a message to Syed Salahuddin and different Hizbul commanders based mostly in Pakistan.