PULWAMA: In a major breakthrough, security forces today killed Hizbul Mujahideen chief commander Reyaz Naikoo and his aide in an encounter at Beighpora, Awantipora in Pulwama district.
The slain Hizb commander had a bounty of Rs 12 lakh on his head and was most wanted commander. Official sources told news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), that Reyaz and his aide have been killed in the ongoing encounter.
He had taken the reigns of Hizb soon after Burhan Wani’s killing in July 2016. “Yes we have killed Hizb chief commander Reyaz Naikoo and another militant,” a police official said.