SRINAGAR: Among
Kashmir
‘s most-wanted terrorists, Hizbul Mujahideen leader Riyaz Naikoo, was on Wednesday eliminated in addition to an aide in a five-hour gun fight with security forces at his native Baighpora in Pulwama district, bringing the drape down on an eight-year run that saw him go from a mathematics teacher to a horror mastermind with a Rs 12- lakh bounty on his head.
As news of Naikoo’s death spread, the Union Territory administration once again suspended mobile internet throughout the Valley and voice communication over all networks disallowing that of BSNL. Occurrences of stone-pelting at security forces was reported in parts of south Kashmir and downtown
Srinagar
Naikoo and his aide, ide