Indian troops on Monday shot dead a top commander of Hizbul Mujahedin, a defence spokesman said. The militant, a close associate of the group’s leader Syed Salahuddin, was killed in a shootout in the disputed Himalayan region, he said. “A top commander of the Hizbul Mujahedin, Noor Mohammed alias Javed Burki, a former body guard of Syed Salahuddin was killed in a gunfight in Doda district,” the spokesman said. Indian troops were tipped off that “Noor Mohammed would be visiting his wife and his one-year-old son in Panchraba village and a cordon was laid on the outer periphery of the village,” he said. The rebel was active in Indian-Kashmir since 1992 and considered an expert in making bombs and other explosive devices. A huge cache of