News Topic:Beighpora

Authorities on Friday tightened restrictions across Kashmir even as mobile telephone and Internet services continued to remain shut in the Valley on the third day following the killing of Hizbul-Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo along with his associate in a gunfight on May 06.

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo among four militants were killed in two seperate gunfights with joint teams of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora and Khrew area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.

At least 25 people were injured, four of them due to “bullets” as government forces resorted to firing live ammunition and pellets in order to disperse large number of protesters near Beighpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Wednesday.

From a maths teacher to a calculative militant, Riyaz Naikoo had a lucky run for eight years before he was killed by security forces on Wednesday in a gunbattle lasting five hours.

Operational Chief Commander of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Riyaz Naikoo and his associate were killed in a gunfight with a joint team of police, Army and CRPF at Beighpora area in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, officials said on Wednesday.

An unidentified militant has been killed in an ongoing encounter at Beighpora, Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district while as operation is going on, police said.

Exchange of fire is going on between militants and government forces in the native village of Hizbul Mujahideen commander in south Kashmir.

After lengthy searches, finally a gunfight broke out between militants and government forces in Beighpora area of Awantipora in south Kashmir's Pulwama district on Wednesday.