Top LeT militant Hilal Maulvi killed in Srinagar encounter

[bangbros]

The District Police and Special Operations Group killed a militant, Hilal Maulvi, belonging to the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), during an early morning raid on his hideout in the congested Fatehkadal area on Thursday. The militant from Palhalan, Pattan, was one of the most wanted men in Jammu and Kashmir.

Sources said that the gunbattle lasted for about an hour, though the militant was believed to have died within 15 minutes of firing. This is the first time after several years that an encounter has taken place between the police and the militants in downtown Srinagar, once the hub of separatist militancy and politics.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, confirmed to The Hindu that the militant killed in the gunbattle near Chinkral Mohalla, between Habbakadal and Fatehkadal, was identified as Hilal Maulvi of Palhalan, Pattan. He said that the raid was conducted on specific information about the militant’s presence at the hideout. As soon as the holed up militant found himself cordoned, he lobbed at least four hand grenades and shifted to three different houses, but was finally gunned down by the police, Mr. Bukhari said.

Hilal Maulvi, according to the SSP, was a top-ranking LeT commander who was also involved in a fidayeen attack at a Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) camp at Police Public School at Bemina, in Srinagar outskirts, on March 13, this year. Two Pakistani militants of LeT and five CRPF men died in that gunbattle. Mr. Bukhari said that the two militants killed, and also the arrested militant from his hideout at Qamarwari area, had stayed with Hilal Maulvi at his home in Palhalan village a number of times.

One Chinese pistol was reportedly among the things recovered from the site of the encounter. Mr. Bukhari said that three policemen sustained injuries in the encounter.

Even as the police and security forces had described Hilal Maulvi as “LeT’s most wanted militant in North Kashmir,” separatist political groups, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led faction of the Hurriyat Conference, had repeatedly mentioned him as a “political activist.” They have claimed in their statements that Maulvi was not associated with any guerrilla group but had gone underground due to continued raids on his home and harassment to the family.

 

[notsuperstitious]

A good job well done by kashmiri police.

Senior Superintendent of Police, Srinagar, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari, pls convey our hearfelt gratitude to your troops.

 

[Star Wars]

Rest in hell ......... jack A$$

 

[ExtraOdinary]

Goodbye Hilal Maulvi. May you pay for your crimes till eternity. Amen

 

[Contrarian]

Mashallah.
Throw the body to the dogs now.

 

[black_jack]

Enjoy guys

 

[Parul]

ROT In Hell.....Keep on killing these SCUMS....

 

[Abingdonboy]

"MESS WITH THE BEST,DIE LIKE THE REST!"

 

[ExtraOdinary]

"MESS WITH THE BEST,DIE LIKE THE REST!"

In this case it was the local police who got him

 

[OrionHunter]

Even as the police and security forces had described Hilal Maulvi as “LeT’s most wanted militant in North Kashmir,” separatist political groups, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led faction of the Hurriyat Conference, had repeatedly mentioned him as a “political activist.” They have claimed in their statements that Maulvi was not associated with any guerrilla group but had gone underground due to continued raids on his home and harassment to the family.

Really? SAS Geelani and Co? These a$$holes have zilch credibility in the Valley. High time they're made to STFU permanently.

That's why I like the way the ISI operates. They just bump such bozos off to eternity. RAW should take a page out of their SOPs and do likewise! Na rahega baans na bajegi bansuri!

 

[ExtraOdinary]

Really? SAS Geelani and Co? These a$$holes have zilch credibility in the Valley. High time they're made to STFU permanently.

That's why I like the way the ISI operates. They just bump such bozos off to eternity. RAW should take a page out of their SOPs and do likewise! Na rahega baans na bajegi bansuri!

If he is bumped off it will only complicate issues. Let the old man wither and die, he already lost credibility when he proclaimed Bin Laden to be some sort of a hero. As it is he is under house arrest, time is on our side.

 

[Beerbal]

Is this his fB profile?

www.facebook.com / public / Molvi-Hilal-Ahmed‎

 

[anilindia]

Hilal got Halal......

 

[janon]

...

That's why I like the way the ISI operates. They just bump such bozos off to eternity.

...

And how well has that worked out for them? Insurgencies keep growing there, new groups sprout faster than before, terrorists bomb their people with growing impunity, insurgents have continuously expanded their area of control, the state is losing its grip on much of its landmass, and there seems to be no end in sight.

Whereas in India, the Kashmir insurgency was kept localized to Kashmir (other than the Pakistani Punjabis who set off bombs in delhi and Mumbai ostensibly for Kashmir), and within 15 to 20 years after it started, India quelled, vanquished and annihilated it, and established her writ unquestionably on her territory. We did our best to keep casualties low, created a lightly armed CI force to fight instead of the army, killed terrorists only in encounters like these or judicially, did not do "black ops" like ISI does (torturing and killing any detractor silently).

And what came of that? People did not simply see their states' people disappearing for no reason and turning up dead in a ditch weeks later, bearing torture marks. Instead, they saw the visible sign of legitimate state force (uniformed policemen or RR soldiers) battling and killing armed terrorists. That lends the state credibility. The end result is that the people have decided to side with the Indian state and the state of J&K, rather than with separatists. So when terrorists and insurgents get killed, new ones are not taking their mantle. The new generation prefers to live peacefully, and separatist voices have been marginalized.

Think about it - which is a better course of action? India's, or ISI's? Which has yielded results? In which country is insurgency dead and gone, and in which country are insurgencies (in the plural) out of control?

Which intelligence agency and armed forces deserves credit?

 

[joekrish]

Good job.