Mix & match for militant - commander marries Kashmir civil services officer

By MUZAFFAR RAINA

Published 27.10.11

Srinagar, Oct. 26: A former militant commander blamed by Pandits for driving them out of the Valley has won the heart of a young Kashmir Administrative Service officer.

Farooq Ahmad Dar alias Bitta Karatey, who heads a breakaway faction of the Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF), will marry Assabah Arjumand, who cracked the prestigious exam in 2009.

Dar has a controversial past and is blamed by Pandits for creating a fear psychosis among them that led to their exodus. He is also accused of killing several Pandits before his arrest in June 1990, for which he spent 17 years in jail

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