INDIA: DEATH SENTENCE FOR TWO MILITANTS

in Jammu, India, Kathua Principal sessions judge Jang Bhadur Singh Jamwal sentenced Hizbul Mujahideen militants Mohammad Shabir and Raj Din to death for murdering Abdul Majid, a Kathua resident, on November 27, 2002, over suspicion of being a police informer. Led by Hizbul commander Ashraf Faridi, the pair stormed into Majid’s house and shot him.