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Yasin Malik’s journey: From gun-toting Kashmir rebel to Gandhism

Yasin Malik being escorted by police to a court in New Delhi where he was sentenced to life in prison last week [File: Dinesh Joshi/AP]

From holding a Kalashnikov rifle to becoming a self-avowed follower of Mahatma Gandhi, the last 30 years of legendary Kashmiri rebel leader Yasin Malik’s life have remained a struggle against the Indian rule in the disputed region.

Malik, 56, was sentenced to life in prison last week after he was convicted in a terror-funding case, to which he pleaded guilty.

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