The police officer said the main aim of the module was to target security forces during the elections and they had even made a failed attempt in Bijbehara area of Anantnag on March 19.
Bullet-riddled body of a Hizbul Mujahideen militant was found in a jungle on Saturday in north Kashmir, with police suspecting the hand of break-away Hizb faction Lashkar-e-Islam.
A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, who was seen in a video taken during the funeral of outfit commander Sabzar Bhat last week, has surrendered before authorities in Kashmir, the police said on Wednesday.
Zahoor, a resident of Pulwama district in South Kashmir, was reported absconding since July 5 night by the army unit located in Gantmulla area of Baramulla.
Nazir Ahmed Wani, the main accused in the 1993 Deoband bomb blasts, has been arrested in Srinagar after evading capture for 31 years. Wani, wanted for his involvement in the bomb attacks, was arrested by a joint operation of the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and local police. The blasts occurred during communal violence in Deoband following the demolition of the Babri Masjid in 1992.
A Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist was killed and a policeman wounded in a gunbattle between security forces and ultras in Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir on Saturday.
One of the terrorists was a lecturer by profession who had abdicated the government service and had joined the outfit.
He was arrested while he was demonstrating against the Kashmir policy of Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf.
The man, who allegedly hurled a grenade at a religious leader outside a mosque in Pulwama, was handed over to the army by locals on Saturday and he said he carried out the attack at the behest of separatist outfit Hizbul Mujahideen.
Security forces launched a cordon and search operation in Redbug area of Budgam on Tuesday evening.
On specific information, police and the 10 Rashtriya Rifle troops launched an operation in Ghatt area of Doda district. A gun battle took place between hiding militants and security forces, Senior Superintendent of Police, Doda, Manohar Singh said.
Preliminary inquiries have indicated that the suspected Hizbul Mujahideen activist arrested from Kumali in Kerala's Idukki district had terrorist links, according to state Home Minister Kodiyeri Balakrishnan.
Two top militant commanders of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit were gunned down by security forces in a fierce gun battle that lasted over 24 hours and ended Saturday evening in south Kashmir's Shopian district.
A top commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen was on Saturday gunned down in the ongoing encounter between security forces and militants in the Budhal area of Rajouri district in Jammu and Kashmir, official sources in Jammu said.
A top Hizbul Mujahideen militant was killed in an encounter with security forces in south Kashmir's Shopian district on Thursday.
A Hizbul Mujahideen area commander has been killed while another commander have been arrested along with three other persons in Udhampur and Doda districts of Jammu and Kashmir since Monday night.
The prosecution complaint, ED's equivalent to chargesheet, has urged the court for confiscating attached assets totalling to Rs 1.22 crore in the case, besides other punishment under Prevention of Money Laundering Act.
Three terrorists of the Hizbul Mujahideen terror outfit including a divisional commander were killed in a south Kashmir encounter in Srinagar on Monday.
Mujeeb Ahmad, a suspected Hyderabad-based operative of terrorist organization Hizbul Mujahideen was sentenced to life imprisonment by a court in Hyderabad on the charges of sedition and collecting arms to wage war against the country.
Hizbul's 'tehsil commander', identified as Abdul Hamid, was gunned down by security forces after a three-hour encounter during an operation in Panjosh village of Banihal area in the wee hours.
Bhat was shot at and grieviously injured by militants at around 1030 hours while he was taking a stroll outside his house.
Union Home Minister Amit Shah said on Friday that the Operation Sindoor undertaken by the Indian armed forces in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack has "completely exposed" the fact that terrorism in India is sponsored by Pakistan. Shah also said that the operation showed the "firm" political will of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the "precise" intelligence inputs from agencies, and the "lethal" capabilities of the armed forces. He added that the operation was successful as it used the correct firepower and achieved its aims besides "showing the reality" to Pakistan.
Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who were allegedly planning terror strikes in Delhi ahead of Independence Day, were arrested on Thursday night, a senior Delhi police official said.
A total of 10 members of Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Tayiba and other proscribed outfits were on Tuesday designated as terrorists by the Union ministry of home affairs under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
This is the third module of Hizbul Mujahideen outfit to be busted by the police in the valley within a fortnight.
Two Hizbul Mujahideen militants, who infilterated into India from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir, were arrested by security forces in Poonch district, and two AK rifles, two magazines, 65 rounds were also recovered from them, official sources said on Fri.
On a specific input regarding movement of terrorists from Bandipora to Srinagar, a checkpoint was established by security forces near Wullar Vantage Aragam on Saturday, a police official said.
Kashmiris across the region condemned the terror attack in Pahalgam that killed 26 people, mostly tourists, with widespread protests and a shutdown in Srinagar and other parts of the valley. The attack was seen as an assault on the foundation of Kashmir's economy, with residents highlighting the importance of tourism to the region's livelihood. Protests were held in various districts, including Srinagar, Kulgam, Handwara, and Ramban, with residents united in their condemnation of the violence and calling for an end to terrorism.
Delhi Police on Sunday released the sketch of a suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist linked to a fidayeen attack plot, unfazed by controversy over arrest of an alleged operative four days ago from Indo-Nepal border in the case
Authorities on Monday attached a house belonging to Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin's son in the city's Ram Bagh area, officials said.
A Hizbul Mujahideen module, responsible for causing car and hand grenade blasts in the Valley was jointly busted by the Jammu and Kashmir police and Central Reserve Police Force.
A local court on Wednesday awarded life imprisonment to three Hizbul Mujahideen militants involved in killing of two women in Udhampur district a decade ago.
Over 100 terrorists, including high-value targets such as Yusuf Azhar, Abdul Malik Rauf and Mudasir Ahmed, were eliminated during Operation Sindoor on May 7, the Indian military said on Sunday.
Suspected Hizbul Mujahideen militant Sayyed Liyaqat Shah, booked for waging war against the country by Delhi Police which claimed he was planning to carry out terror attacks in the national capital, was on Saturday remanded in 14 days judicial custody by a court in New Delhi.
Two suspected Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists, arrested in New Delhi on Thursday night, were planning terror strikes in the city ahead of Independence Day, police sources said on Friday. Javed Ahmed and Ashiq Ali were apprehended by the Delhi police' elite anti-terror wing from Central Delhi's Daryaganj locality at approximately 11 pm last night. The police claimed that they recovered two AK-47 rifles, two grenades and around 100 cartridges, besides some documents.
An armyman lost his life in the encounter, while another soldier was injured.
While confirming that the voice in the slideshow was that of Moosa, senior police officials did not rule out the possibility that the banned IS terror group was trying to create a base in the Valley.
A self-styled section commander of the Hizbul Mujahideen outfit was shot dead by security forces during an encounter in Marmat area of Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday.
During the operation an encounter took place in which the two militants were killed. Two AK rifles, three magazines and some explosive material were recovered from the site of encounter, official sources said.
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