Top Hizbul Militant Jahangir Khan Surrenders in Kashmir
February 28, 2001 - 0:0
BARAMULLA, India -- A top Muslim militant, carrying a reward of 200,000 rupees (4,300 dollars) on his head, surrendered Monday to Border Security Force (BSF) personnel in India's restive state of Kashmir, according to AFP. Jahangir Khan, a district commander with the dominant Hizbul Mujahideen militant outfit, gave himself up in Baramulla, 55 kilometers (35 miles) north of the Kashmir summer capital Srinagar. Khan was the first senior militant to surrender since the Indian government suspended counter-insurgency operations in Kashmir on November 28.