Jammu and Kashmir: The Kashmir Zone Police Tuesday informed that the terrorist who killed Kashmiri Pandit Sanjay Sharma has been killed in an encounter.
The police identified the terrorist as Aqib Mustaq Bhat who worked for the Resistance Front (TRF). As per the police, Bhat was earlier associated with Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) terror outfit.
Kashmir Zone Police tweeted, “AwantiporaEncounterUpdate: Killed #terrorist identified as Aqib Mustaq Bhat of #Pulwama (A category). He initially worked for HM #terror outfit, nowadays he had been working with TRF. #Killer of late Sanjay Sharma #neutralised: ADGP Kashmir @JmuKmrPolice.”
Sanjay Sharma, a Kashmiri Pandit working as a security guard at a bank was shot dead by terrorists in Achan area of Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Sunday morning.