Slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Abdul Majeed Dar's wife Dr Shamima Badru was shot at by unknown assailants at Lal Nagar near Chanpora in Srinagar late on Tuesday night. She has been rushed to SMHS hospital in a critical condition. Sources said that three unidentified assailants barged into Dr Badru house at Bagh-e-Islam locality near Lal Nagar and fired several shots at her at 7.45 pm. They said that at least three bullets hit her. She was immediately rushed to the hospital, where her condition is stated to be critical.Her husband Abdul Majeed Dar, once a second in command of Hibul Mujahideen after Syed Salahuddin was shot dead by gunmen at his Sopore residence on March 23, 2003. Majeed Dar had shot into prominence when he returned from Pakistan in 2000 and announced a unilateral ceasefire with security forces on July 24, 2000.
On August 3, a high level team of the Government of India officials, headed by then Union Home Secretary Kamal Pande, visited Srinagar and conducted a meeting with Dar and his lieutenants at Nehru Guest House. However, on August 8, Salah-ud-din withdrew ceasefire declared by Dar which ensued a battle for supermacy in the Hizb. Dar along with two other close confidants was finally suspended from the Hizb.