Security forces gunned down a top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir Wednesday. The terrorist was identified as Haroon Wani, an 'A++ category' terrorist who was allegedly behind the 2018 double murder of senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader Anil Parihar and his brother Ajeet.

Haroon Wani: Hizb terrorist killed in Doda encounter was an MBA, involved in murders of BJP, RSS leaders

According to Jammu and Kashmir DGP Dilbag Singh, who spoke to the media after the encounter, Haroon Wani was also behind the 2019 murders of an RSS leader named Chanderkant Sharma and his personal security officer.

The encounter took place Jammu and Kashmir's Doda district. One AK-47 rifle, three magazines, 73 rounds, a Chinese grenade and a radio set were recovered from Haroon Wani, who the police said was a district commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen.

According to a report by news agency Press Trust of India, Haroon Wani came from a family of highly qualified brothers and sisters. Haroon was one of the eight children of Ghulam Abbas Wani, an engineer and a resident of Furqaan Abad Ghat area of Doda.

Haroon's siblings -- four brothers and three sisters -- are all highly qualified, PTI reported. Haroon himself was well-education, the news agency reported. An MBA graduate from the Katra University, Haroon Wani used to work at a private company which he quit when he joined the Hizbul Mujahideen. According to his relatives, he was a brilliant student.

Haroon first came into the limelight after a photo of him holding an AK-47 rifle went viral on social media in September 2018 when he joined the Hizbul Mujahideen.