News Topic:Riyaz Naikoo

SRINAGAR — Director General of Police (J&K) Dilbagh Singh on Wednesday said that the slain militant killed in Nunar, Ganderbal incident was the “right...

SRINAGAR — The National Investigation Agency on Thursday carried out a raid at the residence of a man arrested in Amritsar.An official said that...

Hizb-ul-Mujahideen on Sunday paid rich tributes to slain militant commander Riyaz Naikoo and his associate who got killed in a recent encounter in Pulwama and also appointed new operational head for J&K.

Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Zone), Vijay Kumar Thursday, while terming the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen chief commander Riyaz Naikoo as a “big jolt” for militancy in Kashmir, said Naikoo’s killing will help contain militancy in the Valley to a large extent.

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.

Mobile internet and mobile calling services were suspended in Kashmir valley as a precautionary measure, following the killing of top Hizb commander Riyaz Naikoo and his aide.