Srinagar:
Top Lashkar-i-Toiba commander Riyaz Ahmad Dar and his associate were killed in a gunfight in the Nihama area of South Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Monday.
A top police officer told GNS that two militants were killed in the gunfight in Pulwama.
He identified them as Riyaz Ahmad Dar, a resident of Sethar Gund Kakapora, and Rayees Ahmad, a resident of Lerve Kakapora.
Riyaz Ahmad Dar was one of the oldest surviving militants and had been active for the past eight years, the officer said.
“It’s a major breakthrough for the police and security forces as Riyaz was wanted in many militancy cases,” he added.
Earlier, a joint team of police and the army launched a cordon and search operation in Nihama. During the search, contact was established with the hiding militants, triggering a gunfight. (GNS)