Hizbul Commander Sabzar Bhat killed: Know how Burhan Wani's successor was tracked by intelligence agencies

Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sabzar Ahmad Bhat was killed along with another militant in an encounter with security forces in Tral area of Kashmir's Pulwama district.

Bhat alias Abu Zarar had succeeded Wani who was killed on July 8 last year in a security operation in Anantnag.

Bhat carried a bounty of Rs 10 lakh on his head and was at the top of the security forces' wanted list.

Here, we take a look at the CNN-News18 report on how the Hizbul commander was zeroed in by the intel: 

On May 19-20, Sabzar Ahmad Bhat visisted Srinagar to strike a truce with Hurriyat leaders after Zakir Musa's outburst against him. 

Bhat desperately sought a truce with Hurriyat after Musa released tapes where he openly expressed his dissatisfaction over the working style of Hizbul. 

The intelligence agencies got inputs about Bhat's visit to Srinagar and that's where they started tracking him. 

As per the report, from Srinagar, the Intelligence agencies finally zeroed in on where Sabzar was. 

On Saturday morning, an encounter took place and security personnel killed Bhat along with one more militant in Tral area of Pulwama district in Kashmir.

According to another report, the Jammu and Kashmir Police and security agencies were trying to track him since couple of years after Bhat went underground in April 2015. 

Bhat first came to news after he snatched a rifle from a CRPF jawan and joined the wings of slain Hizbul commander Burhan Wani. After Wani's death last year, Bhat was made the successor of the wing while another militant Zakir Musa was given the work of attracting youths to the wing.