[10] In August 2003, Ghazi Baba was killed in an operation conducted by Border Security Force (BSF) in Srinagar.
He rose to prominence in 1998 after leading an attack in the Anantnag district, during which 25 Kashmiri Pandits were killed.
He had close ties with Pakistani militant leader Masood Azhar, who appointed him as the second-in-command of Jaish-e-Mohammed.
[2] Ghazi Baba was born in Bahawalpur, Punjab, Pakistan in an Urdu-speaking Muslim family.
[4] Ghazi Baba was married to Franky, a Kashmiri woman from Safapora village and had children.