Top aide of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander surrenders in Kashmir

Srinagar: In an unexpected development, a top operative of the Hizb-ul-Mujahideen terror group surrendered before security forces in Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.

News agency ANI reported that Tariq Pandit, a close aide of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani, surrendered in South Kashmir in the wee hours today.

As per reports coming in from the Kashmir Valley, Tariq Pandit surrendered before the security agencies in a village in Pulwama.

The ultra was recently seen in group pictures with Burhan Wani that were widely shared on social media.