Hurriyat Leader Muhammad Sehrai's Son Junaid Among Two Hizbul Terrorists Killed In Kashmir
In a major victory for the Indian security forces in Kashmir, two Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists were killed in an encounter in Srinagar. One of the terrorists killed is top Hizbul commander Junaid Sehrai.?
Sehrai, the son of separatist group Tehreek-e-Hurriyat's chairman Ashraf Sehrai, was deputy to the new Hizbul Mujahideen Chief in Kashmir Valley Saifullah.?
Sehrai and his associate were trapped in a densely located area of Nawakadal in downtown Srinagar on Tuesday.Police had specific information about the presence of terrorists in the Kanemazar area based on technical input.?
A joint operation along with the paramilitary CRPF started at night. A cordon and search operation (CASO) was initiated at 2 a.m. An hour later the hiding militants lobbed a grenade at approaching security men that triggered the encounter.?
Three security forces personnel were injured two policemen and a trooper.Following the encounter mobile Internet was snapped in Srinagar and voice calling except for the BSNL service provider was suspended.Sehrai's family will not be given the body as per the new SOP of security forces.?
Twenty-nine-year-old Sehrai's journey into Hizbul Mujahideen terror ranks began in March 2018 days after his father Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai replaced Syed Ali Shah Geelani as chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat.?
Sehrai, an MBA graduate from Kashmir was the first known case of a top separatist leader's son joining the ranks of any terror outfit.?
Sehrai was one of the top 10 most wanted terrorists currently active in Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, for whom the Indian security forces had launched fresh operations to neutralize.?
According to security forces, Hizbul Mujahideen newly appointed head Saifullah Mir alias Ghazi Haider alias Doctor Sahab is on the top of the wanted list followed by Mohammad Ashraf Khan alias Ashraf Maulvi alias Mansoor-ul-Islam. The third in the list was Sehrai.?
According to security agencies, all these terrorists were trained in terror camps operated with the help of Pakistan's intelligence unit ISI. They were well-armed before infiltrating into Indian territory to recruit Kashmiri youth and carry out terror strikes.?
Sehrai's killing comes less than two weeks after Hizbul Mujahideen commander in chief Riyaz Naikoo was killed in Pulwama on May 6.Naikoo, who was a maths teacher before he became a terrorist was killed by the security forces after being on the run for eight years.?
Security agencies had said that the killing of Naikoo was a major blow to the terror outfit as he was the one who held Hizbul together after the killing of Burhan Wani and the subsequent defection of his successor Zakir Musa who joined Al-Qaeda and was killed in 2016.
