{"id":34804,"date":"2020-11-01T16:38:23","date_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=34804"},"modified":"2020-11-01T16:38:23","modified_gmt":"2020-11-01T11:08:23","slug":"hizb-chief-dr-saifullah-killed-in-a-gunfight-at-rangreth-srinagar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=34804","title":{"rendered":"Hizb chief Dr. Saifullah killed in a gunfight at Rangreth, Srinagar: IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Chief Dr Saifullah has been killed, while as 1 militant associate was arrested in a gunfight at Rangreth area of Central Kashmir\u2019s Srinagar district.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thekashmirwalla.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/IMG-20201101-WA0002.jpg?fit=444%2C250&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption><em>File Photo<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Big achievement for forces, he had taken over control outfit after killing of Reyaz Naikoo in May this year, a suspect also arrested at encounter site\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Srinagar, Nov 01: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range Vijay Kumar said that Hizbul Mujahideen\u2019s chief operational commander for the valley Dr Saifullah has been killed in an encounter at Rangreth area of Srinagar outskirts while a suspect has also been arrested, who is being questioned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Talking to reporters at the encounter site, the Kashmir police chief said that on the basis of a specific lead, joint teams of police and CRPF laid a cordon at Rangreth area and later army also joined in the operation. \u201cI am 95 per cent sure that the militant killed in the gunfight is Hizb chief operational commander Dr Saifullah who had taken over the reins of Hizb after the killing of its chief Reyaz Naikoo in an encounter in May this year,\u201d the IGP said as per news agency\u2014Kashmir News Observer (KNO).<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>The IGP said a suspect and not the militant has been arrested at the encounter site who is being questioned. \u201cThe encounter is almost over. We are sanitizing the area and clearing it as there may be some leftover grenades etc,\u201d he said. Asked how big an achievement is the killing of Dr Saifullah for the security forces, he said: \u201cIt\u2019s a big success as he was the chief of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit. He had taken over the control of the outfit after the killing of Reyaz Naikoo. So it\u2019s really a very big achievement.\u201d\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hizb-ul-Mujahideen Chief Dr Saifullah has been killed, while as 1 militant associate was arrested in a gunfight at Rangreth area of Central Kashmir\u2019s Srinagar district. Big achievement for forces, he had taken over control outfit after killing of Reyaz Naikoo in May this year, a suspect also arrested at encounter site\u2019 Srinagar, Nov 01: Inspector [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32227,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=34804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34804\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=34804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=34804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=34804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}