Burhan Wani, the most sought after local guerrilla commander who had become a poster boy of militancy in Kashmir, was killed along with two associates in a gunfight with security forces in Jammu and Kashmir's Anantnag district on Friday.
J&K police chief K Rajendra confirmed that Burhan was killed in an exchange of fire between security personnel and militants.
He was cornered in Bumdoora village of Kokernag today morning by a joint team of police and Army. Among those killed, one was identified as Sartaj Ahmed Sheikh and another is yet to be ascertained.
Meanwhile, Separatist leaders Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Asiya Andrabi gave a call for complete shutdown in Jammu and Kashmir tomorrow to protest against Burhan’s killing.
A senior police officer told IANS in summer capital Srinagar: "Hizbul Mujahideen's (HM) most wanted local commander Burhan Wani was killed on Friday in a gunfight with the security forces in Bamdoora (Kokarnag) village of Anantnag district."
Burhan joined the militant outfit in 2010, when he was just 15 years of age. He was considered as the ‘poster boy’ of the Hizbul Mujahideen.
