Hizbul Mujahideen Operational Commander Killed, Associate Arrested During Encounter in Srinagar
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Mujahideen Operational Commander Killed, Associate Arrested During Encounter in Srinagar

News 18  

Hizbul Muhajideen chief Saifullah Mir alias Dr Saifullah was killed and his associate captured alive during an encounter with security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar in Rangreth area on Sunday, police said. Police sources told CNN-News18 that Saifullah was killed in the operation on hard intel generated by the police, adding he was the person behind the killing of three BJP workers two days back. Recounting the events of the morning, an official said security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Rangreth area near the old airfield following specific information about the presence of militants there, according to news agency PTI. A top police officer said that once he completed a course in bioscience at the government-run ITI in Pulwama, Saifullah got a job at Srinagar’s National Institute of Electronics and Information Technology as a technician.

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Kashmir: Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist encountered by police in Kulgam’s Khandipora
2 years, 6 months ago

Kashmir: Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist encountered by police in Kulgam’s Khandipora

Firstpost  

The encounter started in the Khandipora area of Kulgam around midnight on Saturday. The operation is being conducted barely 2 km from Gopalpora, the place where a female government teacher was shot dead on May 31 Srinagar: A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was killed in an encounter with security forces in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday, police said. …

J&K: One Hizb terrorist killed in Kulgam encounter, operation underway
2 years, 6 months ago

J&K: One Hizb terrorist killed in Kulgam encounter, operation underway

India TV News  

Highlights An encounter had started in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. The terrorist belonged to proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen. Jammu Kashmir Encounter: At least one terrorist from the proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen was killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir's Kulgam district. Meanwhile, the Indian Army in a joint operation with Jammu and Kashmir Police arrested two …

Bid to Disrupt Amarnath Yatra Foiled, Longest Surviving Militant Commander Killed in J&K
2 years, 7 months ago

Bid to Disrupt Amarnath Yatra Foiled, Longest Surviving Militant Commander Killed in J&K

News 18  

The Jammu and Kashmir Police and Army on Friday foiled another bid to disrupt the Amarnath Yatra in June, killing Mohammad Ashraf Khan alias Ashraf Moulvi, Hizbul Mujahideen commander and one of the longest surviving militants in Kashmir, and his two associates in a four-hour encounter in the Batkoot forests, 15 km short of Pahalgam. A few weeks ago, the …

Terrorist killed in encounter with security forces in J&K's Pulwama
3 years ago

Terrorist killed in encounter with security forces in J&K's Pulwama

India TV News  

An 'A+' category terrorist of proscribed terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen was on Wednesday killed in a gunfight with the security forces in South Kashmir's Pulwama district. He was involved in several terror crimes, including attack on policemen guarding a minority housing camp in 2018 at Zainapora in Shopian, in which four police personnel were killed. "As per police records, the …

Terrorist gunned down in Srinagar was planning 'fidayeen attack', say J&K Police
3 years, 1 month ago

Terrorist gunned down in Srinagar was planning 'fidayeen attack', say J&K Police

Firstpost  

The authorities said that he belonged to terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind and was a relative of one of the accused in the February 2019 suicide attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora, in which 40 CRPF personnel lost their lives Srinagar: A member of proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind, who was assigned to carry out a “fidayeen” attack in Srinagar, was …

Two Hizbul Mujahideen Militants Killed in an Encounter in Kashmir's Pulwama
3 years, 4 months ago

Two Hizbul Mujahideen Militants Killed in an Encounter in Kashmir's Pulwama

News 18  

Two local militants belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen have been killed in an encounter in Khrew in Pulwama district. Police identified one of the slain militants as Musaib Mushtaq of Khrew saying he was involved in the killing of a peon at Government Higher Secondary School, Pastuna on July 23 this year. “Out of the two slain militants, it was Musaib …

Top Hizbul militant shot dead in J&K’s Kupwara
3 years, 5 months ago

Top Hizbul militant shot dead in J&K’s Kupwara

The Hindu  

A Hizbul Mujahideen commander, active since 2012, was killed in a gunfight at a hideout, a day after he was arrested at a checkpoint in Handwara, north Kashmir, on Wednesday. During questioning, he identified himself as Mehraj-ud-din Halwai, alias Ubaid Son, from Sopore,” Inspector-General of Police Vijay Kumar said. Meanwhile, the police said internet services would not be snapped on …

Hizbul militant among two killed in J&K encounter
3 years, 8 months ago

Hizbul militant among two killed in J&K encounter

The Hindu  

A Hizbul Mujahideen militant, who had gone to Pakistan for arms training and returned last week, was among the two ultras killed in an encounter with security forces in Shopian on March 27, police said on March 28. Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said the encounter in Wangam area of South Kashmir's Shopian, which began on March 27 evening, …

Hizbul Follows Lashkar, Jaish Lead With Secret Identities for New Operations Chief and His Deputy
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Follows Lashkar, Jaish Lead With Secret Identities for New Operations Chief and His Deputy

News 18  

For the first time, homegrown militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen has used an assumed name for its newly appointed operations chief and his deputy to keep the security agencies at bay after Sunday’s killing of the outfit’s previous head, Dr Saifullah. Even though the outfit has not named their top leader – this could according to police sources be a matter …

Hizbul Mujahideen \'operational chief\' Saif-ul-Islam Mir killed in encounter
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Mujahideen \'operational chief\' Saif-ul-Islam Mir killed in encounter

Deccan Chronicle  

SRINAGAR: In what their officials termed is a “big achievement”, the security forces on Sunday killed the ‘operational chief’ of Jammu and Kashmir’s frontline militant organization, Hizbul Mujahideen, during a firefight on the peripheries of Srinagar. The slain militant, Saif-ul-Islam Mir, a resident of Malangpora of south Kashmir, who was known among the militant ranks by pseudonyms of Dr. Saifullah …

Indian troops kill top rebel commander in Kashmir fighting
4 years, 1 month ago

Indian troops kill top rebel commander in Kashmir fighting

Associated Press  

SRINAGAR, India — Indian government forces killed a top rebel commander in Kashmir during a gunbattle Sunday in the disputed region’s main city, police said, calling it a major success against the rebels’ long fight against Indian rule. The dead commander, Saifullah Mir, was the chief of operations of the region’s largest rebel group, Hizbul Mujahideen, which has spearheaded an …

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Saifullah killed in encounter near J&K's Srinagar, say police
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Saifullah killed in encounter near J&K's Srinagar, say police

Firstpost  

Saifullah, who had taken command of the outfit after the killing of Riyaz Naikoo in May, was one of the most wanted militants in the Valley and involved in several attacks on the security forces, an official said Srinagar: Hizbul Mujahideen chief Dr Saifullah was killed in an encounter on the outskirts of the city on Sunday, police said, describing …

News18 Evening Digest: Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Killed during Encounter in Srinagar and Other Top Stories
4 years, 1 month ago

News18 Evening Digest: Hizbul Mujahideen Commander Killed during Encounter in Srinagar and Other Top Stories

News 18  

Hizbul Mujahideen Operational Commander Killed, Militant Arrested During Encounter in Srinagar Hizbul Muhajideen chief Saifullah Mir alias Dr Saifullah was killed and his associate captured alive during an encounter with security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar in Rangreth area on Sunday, police said. Warning The Haryana government is mulling a law against?love jihad?, Home Minister Anil Vij said on …

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Saif-ul-Islam killed in Srinagar encounter
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Mujahideen chief Saif-ul-Islam killed in Srinagar encounter

The Hindu  

Hizbul Mujahideen “operation chief” Saif-ul-Islam Mir, who succeeded Reyaz Naikoo, was killed in an encounter in Srinagar on Sunday. In the ensuing encounter, Saif-ul-Islam Mir alias Dr. Saif alias Ghazi Haider, a resident of Malangpora, affiliated with Hizb was killed,” IGP Vijay Kumar told The Hindu. “He was involved in the killing of many innocent people, including three policemen and …

Hizbul Mujahideen operational chief Saifullah killed in Srinagar encounter
4 years, 1 month ago

Hizbul Mujahideen operational chief Saifullah killed in Srinagar encounter

India Today  

Hizbul Mujahideen operations chief Dr Saifullah has been killed in an encounter in Jammu and Kashmir in Srinagar by security forces on Sunday. Inspector-General of Police Kashmir Vijay Kumar told India Today TV that Saifullah, the chief commander of terrorist organisation Hizbul Mujahideen has been killed while one militant associate has been apprehended alive in the encounter that took place …

Hizbul Mujahidden Deputed Riyaz Naikoo's Close Aide to Attack BJP Leader in J&K's Ganderbal
4 years, 2 months ago

Hizbul Mujahidden Deputed Riyaz Naikoo's Close Aide to Attack BJP Leader in J&K's Ganderbal

News 18  

Hizbul Mujahideen had deputed a close aide of slain militant commander Riyaz Naikoo from south Kashmir to carry out the attack on a BJP leader in Ganderbal district in which a police constable was killed, the top police official of Jammu and Kashmir said on Wednesday. "The militant killed in Ganderbal — Shabir Ahmad of Awanitpora — was deputed specifically …

Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Shopian
4 years, 6 months ago

Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants killed in encounter with security forces in J&K’s Shopian

The Hindu  

Five Hizbul Mujahideen militants, including a top commander of the outfit, were killed on June 7 in an encounter with security forces in Shopian district of Jammu and Kashmir, police said. On a specific input, the security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Reban area of the south Kashmir district, a police spokesperson said. In the ensuing encounter, …

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