<p>A former Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen chief, who was an accused in the Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith leader Showkat Shah murder case, was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a mosque here on Thursday, police officials said.</p>.<p>Abdul Gani Dar alias Abdullah Gazali, a resident of Beerwah in Budgam district, was found dead inside the Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith mosque at Maisuma in the city, the officials said. Dar was the chief of militant outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) in the 1990s.</p>.<p>A police spokesman said information about a murder of a person inside a mosque in the Maisuma area was received in the afternoon.</p>.<p>"Accordingly, senior police officers visited the crime spot and retrieved the body of an individual.</p>.<p>"The killed person was identified as Abdul Gani Dar alias Gani Gazali, aged about 80 years," the spokesman said.</p>.<p>The police officials said there were injury marks on the head of Dar.</p>.<p>Police reached the spot and are scanning the CCTV footage around the mosque to ascertain if Dar was murdered, they said.</p>.<p>Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith chief Maulana Showkat Shah was killed in a blast outside the same mosque ahead of Friday prayers on April 8, 2011. Dar was a co-accused in the murder case and was currently on bail.</p>.<p>The spokesman said photography and video recording of the crime spot was carried out and a Forensic Scientific Lab (FSL) team was called for the examination of the scene of the crime.</p>.<p>"Detailed search of the premises was also carried out. Police is also examining the CCTV footage in the area," the spokesman said, adding a case has been registered in this regard.</p>.<p>"We assure community members that investigation in the matter will be fast tracked, in a professional and impartial manner," he said.</p>
<p>A former Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen chief, who was an accused in the Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith leader Showkat Shah murder case, was found dead under mysterious circumstances inside a mosque here on Thursday, police officials said.</p>.<p>Abdul Gani Dar alias Abdullah Gazali, a resident of Beerwah in Budgam district, was found dead inside the Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith mosque at Maisuma in the city, the officials said. Dar was the chief of militant outfit Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TuM) in the 1990s.</p>.<p>A police spokesman said information about a murder of a person inside a mosque in the Maisuma area was received in the afternoon.</p>.<p>"Accordingly, senior police officers visited the crime spot and retrieved the body of an individual.</p>.<p>"The killed person was identified as Abdul Gani Dar alias Gani Gazali, aged about 80 years," the spokesman said.</p>.<p>The police officials said there were injury marks on the head of Dar.</p>.<p>Police reached the spot and are scanning the CCTV footage around the mosque to ascertain if Dar was murdered, they said.</p>.<p>Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith chief Maulana Showkat Shah was killed in a blast outside the same mosque ahead of Friday prayers on April 8, 2011. Dar was a co-accused in the murder case and was currently on bail.</p>.<p>The spokesman said photography and video recording of the crime spot was carried out and a Forensic Scientific Lab (FSL) team was called for the examination of the scene of the crime.</p>.<p>"Detailed search of the premises was also carried out. Police is also examining the CCTV footage in the area," the spokesman said, adding a case has been registered in this regard.</p>.<p>"We assure community members that investigation in the matter will be fast tracked, in a professional and impartial manner," he said.</p>