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249:, where three of his associates were killed, including his close accomplice Mehran Yaseen Shalla. Another escape occurred on 23 March 2022, in Zoonimar, Srinagar, following the killing of a police officer. His last escape was on 15 August 2022 in the Nowhatta area of Srinagar after killing one policeman. He was then underground and leading TRF operations remotely, until he was killed. 565: 695: 507: 721: 33: 800: 591: 379: 193:
of South Kashmir on 12 April 2002. The son of the late Abdul Rasheed Dar, Basit went missing on 25 April 2021; merely one month after his father's death, he joined
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following the assassination of TRF Commander Muhammad Abbas Sheikh in August 2021. He was one of the most wanted militants in the
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on his head. He was killed by Indian Security Forces on 7 May 2024, in an encounter in the Kulgam district of Kashmir.
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Basit Dar escaped from encounters on multiple occasions. The first instance occurred on 24 November 2021, in Rambagh,
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in August 2021, Basit Dar was subsequently chosen as the Chief Operational Commander by TRF supreme commander
801:"Srinagar Encounter: 3 TRF Militants, Including Self-Styled Commander Wanted In Civilian Killings, Shot Dead" 262: 1035: 1010: 508:"Terrorists behind killing of J&K businessman Bindroo and teachers identified: Security officials" 1020: 722:"J&K: Lashkar Shadow Group TRF Releases First Images Of Terrorist Involved In Anantnag Encounter" 258: 58: 198: 325:"Self-declared TRF chief wanted; NIA announces Rs 10 lakh reward on Basit Dar [details]" 237:, migrant Pandits, non-Kashmiri labourers, local police informers, and pro-Indian politicians. 234: 954: 831: 681: 222: 124: 1005: 1000: 218: 194: 170: 114: 8: 540: 202: 166: 696:"Year on, chargesheet filed against two militants in Srinagar constable's murder case" 942: 819: 669: 599: 541:"Early Times: Leading Newspaper Jammu Kashmir, Latest News about Jammu & Kashmir" 515: 230: 128: 380:"With local militancy wiped out, Pak sends battle hardened terrorists in Kashmir" 190: 296:"TRF chief Abbas Sheikh was the 17th militant in his family to have been killed" 625:"J&K cop, who was playing cricket, shot by terrorists in downtown Srinagar" 277:, wanted by Indian security forces in numerous cases at the time of his death. 270: 174: 994: 603: 519: 651:"'Major attack' prevented with interception of 2 LeT militants in Nowhatta" 266: 178: 898:"Nowhatta Encounter: Ak Rifle, 2 Grenades And Scooter Seized, Says Police" 872:"Cop killed in shoot out with militants in Srinagar outskirts at Zoonimar" 969:"NIA puts up posters seeking information on four 'most-wanted' militants" 233:. Thereafter, he orchestrated and executed hundreds of attacks targeting 206: 924:"Nowhatta encounter: Vehicle used by LeT militants seized, say police" 269:
for his capture. Security forces posted his wanted posters throughout
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Basit Dar was born in Redwani Payeen Village, located in the
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Index


Kulgam
Jammu and Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir
The Resistance Front
Muhammad Abbas Sheikh

Insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir
Kashmiri separatist militant
Chief Operational Commander
The Resistance Front (TRF)
Kashmir valley
INR
Kulgam district
The Resistance Front
Indian forces
2016 unrest
Burhan Wani
The Resistance Front
Abbas Sheikh
Srinagar Police
Sheikh Sajjad Gul
Indian security forces
Srinagar
Indian Central Government
National Investigation Agency
INR
the valley
Jammu and Kashmir
"TRF chief Abbas Sheikh was the 17th militant in his family to have been killed"

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