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Top Hizb militant surrenders: PTI

Jehangir alias Kinga, carrying a reward of Rs 2 lakh on his head, surrendered before Inspector General of Border Security Force, Baramulla Frontier, B N Chaturvedi.

Chaturvedi told newspersons that Khan was active since January, 1999 and was involved in a number of militancy-related incidents in north Kashmir.

Functioning under the names of Irfan, Bilal, Farooq, Imran and Muneer, the wanted militant was eager to return to normal life and the extension of the ceasefire had strengthened his viewpoints as it brought out the ''hollowness of the so-called jihad'' (holy war), the BSF official said.

Hailing from Noorbagh IBaramulla, Jehangir, who was running a watch repair shop, was persuaded to join militancy by Farooq Ahmad Mirza, self-styled divisional commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen in January 1999.

"He went for arms training to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir with 13 boys in April, 1999 and was introduced to Brigadier Riyaz Khan and Col Shamsul Haq of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence, who organised training for them," Chaturvedi said.

A report from Baramulla quoted a Hizb spokesman as disowning Jehangir and said it was just a drama to mislead people.

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