Jammu and Kashmir Police on Friday identified the militant killed in a gunfight last night in Bemina area of Srinagar as Aamir Riyaz of Khrew.
A police spokesman said that Riyaz was affiliated with the Ghazwat-ul-Hind outfit and was related to one of the accused in the 2019 Pulwama car bombing.
“Millitant killed in Srinagar Encounter identified as Aamir Riyaz of Khrew pulwama affiliated with proscribed terror outfit Mujahideen Gazwatul Hind. He was relative of one of the accused of lethpora attack and was assigned to carry out fidayeen attack,” he said while quoting IGP Kashmir.
Riyaz, as per an official, was killed in a brief gunfight with the security forces in Bemina area of the city last night. An AK-47 rifle was recovered from his possession, he said.
