NEW DELHI: Less than 5 months after the main federal government described him a designated terrorist, unidentified gunmen on a bike shot dead Hizbul Mujahideens top releasing commander-- Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam-- in Pakistans Rawalpindi on Monday night.

He returning house after offering Maghrib prayers at a local mosque.Peer was thought about a close confidant of Hizbul primary Syed Salahuddin, who led his funeral prayer on Tuesday along with a couple of ISI and Pakistan army officials.Initial probe suggested it was a targeted killing as the killer apparently confirmed his identity prior to shooting him, media reports said.

There are also reports of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) being included.

Last October, the Centre had actually designated Peer as terrorist under the UAPA for his function in fear activities consisting of providing logistics to the prohibited clothings members.

He was known to be a professional in infiltrations in Kupwara district.

Peer initially belonged to Babarpora area in Kupwara but had transferred to Pakistan a number of years earlier.

Ever since, he had been living and operating under the aegis of ISI at Rawalpindi.Indian intelligence companies had found that he brought Pakistans main computerised nationwide identity card.

Peer was actively involved in raising and routing of funds for terrorism in J&K , the dossier on him states.

Peer was actively associated with running dozens of online propaganda groups to unite ex-militants and other cadres for furtherance of activities of terrorist organisations Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and others, it says.Shortly after he moved base to Pakistan, Peer came under fire from Pakistan Armys military intelligence directorate after he sent out a hit group to back his protege, Shafi Dar, in 2007.

He was even apprehended but was later on launched on ISIs intervention.Peer, likewise known as Haji, had struck the headings in the summer of 2017 when he called for establishing a Caliphate and enforcing Sharia Law in Pakistan.