Three ‘most wanted’ Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists killed in Pulwama gunfight

13/01/2020

SRINAGAR, Jan 12: Three "most wanted" HizbulMujahideen terrorists were killed on Sunday in an encounter with security forces in the Tral area of Jammu and Kashmir's Pulwama district, police said.
The terrorists Umer Fayaz Lone alias "Hamad Khan" of Seer village, Faizan Hamid of Mandoora and Adil Bashir Mir alias "Abu Dujana" of Monghama were wanted for their complicity in terror crimes, including attacks on security establishments and civilian atrocities, a police spokesman said.
He said the trio were affiliated with the proscribed HizbulMujahideen terror outfit and were trapped during a cordon-and-search operation jointly launched by police and security forces on a specific intelligence input in the Gujar Basti Gulshanpora area of Tral. As the forces were conducting searches, the militants fired at them, triggering an encounter, resulting in their killing, the spokesman said. According to police records, the spokesman said, Lone had a long history of terror crimes since 2016 and was involved in planning and executing several terror attacks in the area.
"He was part of groups responsible for carrying out a series of terror attacks and many other civilian atrocities besides killing of policeman Haleem Kohli of Gutroo Bangdar Tral and killing of civilian Mehraj Din Zarger of Tral," he said, adding he was wanted in 16 cases registered at Tral police station and two cases at Awantipora police station.
Similarly, the spokesman said, Adil Bashir Mir and Faizan Hamid had a history of terror crimes and were also involved in carrying out several terror attacks in the area.
"They were also part of the group involved in the killing of civilian Mehraj Din Zarger near Tral Bus Stand and were responsible for several other terror crimes. Terror crime cases were registered against both of them including three cases at Tral Police Station.
"Incriminating material, arms and ammunition were recovered from the site of the encounter," the spokesman said. However, a police spokesperson said that on a credible input, a cordon & search operation was launched jointly by police and security forces in Gujar Basti Gulshanpora area of TralAwantipora.
During the search operation, the hiding terrorists fired on the search party. The fire was retaliated leading to an encounter.
In the ensuing encounter, 03 terrorists were killed and the bodies were retrieved from the site of encounter. The killed terrorists have been identified as UmerFayaz Lone @ Hamad Khan resident of Seer Tral, Faizan Hamid resident of MandooraTral and Adil Bashir Mir @ Abu Dujana resident of MonghamaTral.
The killed terrorists as per police records were affiliated with proscribed terror outfit HM and were wanted by law for their complicity in terror crimes including attack on security establishments and civilian atrocities.
According to the Police records, Umer Fayaz Lone @ Hamad Khan had a long history of terror crime records since 2016 and was involved in planning and executing several terror attacks in the area. He was part of groups responsible for carrying out series of terror attacks and many other civilian atrocities besides killing of policeman HaleemKohli of GutrooBangdarTral and killing of civilian Mehraj Din Zarger of Tral. Several terror crime cases were registered against him including Case FIR No. 54/2016, FIR No. 63/2016 FIR No. 113/2016, FIR No. 126/2016 FIR No. 25/2017, FIR No. 30/2017, FIR No. 76/2017, FIR No. 20/2018, FIR No. 33/2018, FIR No. 65/2018, FIR No. 70/2018, FIR No. 72/2018, FIR No. 81/2018, FIR No. 32/2019, FIR No. 83/2019, FIR No. 85/2019 of PS Tral and FIR No. 80/2017, 180/2018, FIR No. 114/2019 of PS Awantipora.
Similarly, Adil Bashir Mir @ Abu Dujana and Faizan Hamid had a history of terror crime records and were also involved in carrying out several terror attacks in the area. They were also part of the group involved in killing of civilian Mehraj Din Zarger of Tral near Bus Stand Tral and were responsible for several other terror crimes. Terror crime cases were registered against both of them including FIR No. 32/2019, FIR No. 83/2019 and FIR No. 85/2019 at PS Tral.
Incriminating material including arms & ammunition were recovered from the site of encounter. All these materials have been taken into case records for further investigation and to probe their complicity in other terror crimes. People are requested to cooperate with police till the area is completely sanitized and cleared of all the explosive materials if any.

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