[6][7] Ahsan Dar served as the head of the united group for a few years, but was marginalised the Jamaat-e-Islami patron Syed Salahuddin.
It was eventually neutralised by Hizbul Mujahideen and Indian security forces, and Ahsan Dar retired from militancy.
[8] Ahsan Dar was border in Sariwarpora, Pattan tehsil, Baramulla district in Jammu and Kashmir, India.
[11] Indian security forces held Ansarul Islam responsible for the bombings on 31 July, and started a large-scale roundup of Muslim youth.
[15][c] Ahsan Dar escaped from a hospital when he was taken for a medical checkup after a few months,[d] he found that most of his colleagues were either in prison or had gone to Pakistan.
[11] According to the received version of the events, Ahsan Dar co-founded a new organisation called Hizbul Mujahideen ("party of holy warriors") along with Hilal Ahmed Mir.
The version accepts that it was Mir's idea, who reportedly told Dar that he had to take more credit for his (the group's) work, instead of benefiting the JKLF.
[16] According to Arif Jamal, the majlis-i-shoura of Ansarul Islam met at Hadiderpura (Budgam district) on 11 June 1989 and decided to change the name to Hizbul Mujahideen in order to broaden its appeal.
He brought together some of the smaller militant cells heretofore operating under the JKLF banner in September 1989 and formed a parallel "Hizbul Mujahideen".
Yusuf Shah aka Syed Salahuddin who was a staunch Jamaati, gradually started taking over the leadership of Hizbul.
Dar was also disillusioned by the killings perpetrated by Hizbul Mujahideen on members of other militant organizations and pro-independence leaders and activists.