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Encounter breaks out in Reban Shopian

Shopian: A gunfight broke out between militants and the security forces in Reban village in Zainapora belt of south Kashmir’s Shopian district on Sunday morning. An official said that a joint team
Jun. 7, 2020
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Encounter underway in Kulgam

Srinagar: An encounter broke out between militants and security forces in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam district, police said on Thursday. Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Yamrach area of
May. 14, 2020
Encounter site at Beighpora, Awantipora, Pulwama where Hizb Chief Operational Commander Riyaz Naikoo and his aide were killed on May 6, 2020 (Photo: KM/Umar Ganie)

Naikoo was hiding between ‘false walls’, police had captured person who’d built hideout

Srinagar: The hideout of Hizb operational commander Riyaz Naikoo was constructed between two “false walls” in a house and police had captured the person who had built it, a top police officer
In this photo clicked on July 30 2017, Hizb militant commander Riyaz Naikoo is seen addressing a gathering during the funeral of militant Shariq Ahmad in Pulwama. Naikoo was killed in Beighpora area of Awantipora on Wednesday, May 06, 2020. (File Photo KM/Umar Ganie)

Hizb Chief Riyaz Naikoo, aide killed in Awantipora gunbattle

Srinagar: Security forces dealt a major blow to Hizbul Mujahedeen on Wednesday when they killed its chief operations commander Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo in an encounter at Beighpora, Awantipora in South Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Naikoo,
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