A member of proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind, who was assigned to carry out a “fidayeen” (suicide) attack in Srinagar, was killed in the city here, while a Hizbul Mujahideen (HM) district commander was among the two ultras killed in an encounter in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Friday, November 12, 2021.The terrorist killed in Srinagar was a relative of one of the accused in the February 2019 suicide attack in Pulwama’s Lethpora, in which 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel lost their lives.”#Terrorist killed in #Srinagar #Encounter identified as Aamir Riyaz of Khrew #Pulwama affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind. He was relative of one of the accused of #LethporaTerrorAttack and was assigned to carry out fidayeen attack,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vijay Kumar wrote on Twitter.The encounter in Srinagar broke out on Thursday evening in the Hamdaniya Colony area of Bemina.An AK rifle, along with some ammunition, was seized from the site of the encounter after the slain terrorist’s body was recovered.Claiming responsibility for an “attack”, the Mujahideen Ghazwatul Hind said three of its cadres “attacked the CRPF camp”.
