 Indian troops yesterday shot dead a Hindu fighting for the biggest separatist rebel group in Kashmir, police said. They said the militant, gunned down in the southern district of Doda, belonged to the pro-Pakistan Hizbul Mujahedeen. Police said Uttam Singh was serving as a "sectional commander" for the rebel outfit, whose headquarters are in Pakistan-administered Kashmir, when he was killed in a pre-dawn clash in Gandoh village. "Singh was one of seven Hindu members of Hizbul active in the district," a police officer said. Police say a small number of Hindus in Muslim-majority Kashmir, where the economy has been sapped by the 16-year revolt, have joined militant groups because of the money rebel groups pay.
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