According to police, Bhat was involved in killing of local army personnel Umer Fayaz of Kulgam and had hurled a grenade upon non-local labourers in Hermain, in which two non-local labourers were killed. "He was also involved in killing of a Kashmiri Pandit Sunil Kumar Bhat and injuring another Kashmiri Pandit Pretimber Nath of Shopian.
