Srinagar, Aug. 11 -- A court here has sentenced an ex-militant to life imprisonment for the 2020 murder of a former terror outfit chief inside a mosque, observing that violence in a place of worship cannot be tolerated.

Pronouncing the judgement on August 6, Principal Sessions Judge, Srinagar, Haq Nawaz Zargar said such acts strike at values of harmony and communal peace, and deserve strong judicial condemnation.

The court sentenced Ghulam Mohi-ud-Din Dar (60) to life imprisonment for the murder of Abdul Gani Dar alias "Abdullah Gazali" (78), former chief of the erstwhile Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen outfit.

Gazali was found brutally murdered inside the Jamiat-e-Ahli Hadith mosque in the Gawkadal area on February 13, 2020. Dar, hailing from t...