Zakir Musa's aide killed in J&K gunfight

 Six Kashmiri militants of the Al Qaeda-affiliate Zakir Musa group, Ansar Ghazwatul Hind, were gunned down by security forces in an encounter on Saturday in Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Soliha, the deputy of Zakir Musa, also known as Rehaan Khan died in the encounter in the Tral area after the group of hiding militants fired at Rashtriya Rifles (RR) soldiers, Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) troopers and men from special operations group (SOG) of the state police, who had surrounded the Arampora village following specific inputs about the terrorists' presence.