A self-styled section commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was shot dead by security forces during an encounter in Marmat area of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
The charge sheet has been filed in a case registered on November 7 last year, they said.
Independent candidates have emerged as big winners in Jammu and Kashmir's maiden District Development Council polls, with 49 of them having been declared elected so far from 280 seats, putting them ahead of parties like the Congress and the Peoples Democratic Party.
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