The killing of Junaid, a top Hizb commander, comes after its operational Chief Riyaz Naikoo was killed in south Kashmir in the early May.
Srinagar| Junaid Sehrai, son of separatist conglomerate Tehreek-e-Hurriyat’s chairman Ashraf Sehrai, was among two Hizb-ul-Mujahideen militants killed in a gunfight with security forces in old city Srinagar on Tuesday.
A cop was also killed while another cop and three paramilitary CRPF personnel, including an officer, were injured in the battle which broke out during the intervening night of Monday and Tuesday at congested Nawa Kadal area of Srinagar.
Junaid Sehrai went missing in March 2018 and later his picture wielding an AK-47 went viral on social media.
The joining of Junaid, who has an MBA degree from the Kashmir University, was the first such case where a son of a separatist leader of Jammu & Kashmir had joined militancy.
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The encounter was also confirmed by the Director-General of Police, Jammu & Kashmir, Dilbag Singh, in a press conference in Srinagar today.
Internet services and mobile telephony were snapped in Srinagar soon after the gunfight broke out.
The killing of Junaid, a top Hizb commander, comes after its operational Chief Riyaz Naikoo was killed in south Kashmir in the early May. Police say he was looking after the militant outfit’s operations for central Kashmir.
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