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Srinagar
Police on Friday issued a statement into the killing of Muzaffar Ahmad Naikoo of Sopore, who was killed in a midnight encounter today. Kashmir Life reproduces the police statement verbatim.
A militant of Al-Badr outfit who was involved in a number of militancy related activities was killed in a joint operation of Police and security forces on the outskirts of Srinagar city last late night.
Acting on specific information about the presence of militants in Gulzarpora, Muchwa area, Budgam police alongwith 178-BN CRPF and 53, 55RR cordoned off the area and launched the search operation. The militant lobbed a grenade on the joint search party, triggering an encounter. The encounter ended with the killing of an Al-Badr militant later on identified as Muzaffer Naikoo @ Muzza Molvi son of Abdul Majeed Naikoo resident of Baghat, Sopore.
In 2011 the slain militant was involved in many militancy related activities which included firing on Army/police party in Sopore in which a JCO was injured and killing of two sisters at Chinkipora Sopore on January 31.He was also involved in firing on the patrolling party at Bough-i-Sopore on March 21 and killing of a civilian namely Shamas u din Peer at Chankhan, Sopore and injuring a civilian namely Firdous Ahmed Shiekh at Jalalabad, Sopore in that year.
In 2014 he was involved in the killing of a civilian Abid Akbar Wani at Krankshivan colony Sopore,and also firing on the police party at Chankhan, Sopore on 7th of January in which an ASI Kareem Ahmed was martyred and three other policemen were injured. He was involved in killing of a civilian namely Waseem Ahmed Malla at Bagi-Islam Sopore on 21 February 2014.
