Anantnag: A day after army report termed the trend of highly educated youth joining militancy in Kashmir post 2010 as very disturbing, another militant with MA English B.Ed qualification from Shopian district was killed in an encounter on Wednesday.
Ashiq Hussain Dar son of Ghulam Hassan Dar, a resident of Turkewangam village was killed in an encounter in Heff village of Shopian district in the early morning.
Sources said that Ashiq was selected as VLW in May 2014 and he joined militant ranks in August 2014 after working for three months as a government official. Ashiq, according to local sources had also applied for jobs in the departments of Education, Revenue, CAPD and Horticulture and he was selected in all the departments. But instead of joining the services, he joined militancy.
Ashiq was known for his religious bent of mind in the area.
Ashiq was trapped by troops yesterday following specific intelligence input about his presence in Heff Shermal area of Shopian.
As the joint team of SOG and army began a search operation in the area, the hiding militants opened fire on them triggering an encounter. The operation was halted for the night but the gunfight resumed this morning and Ashiq died fighting in the early hours today.
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