Zakir Musa  

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Big win for the Indian security forces after Zakir Musa’s successor Hamid Lelhari was killed in an encounter in Awantipora. With the killing of Lelhari, also the chief of Al Qaeda's Kashmir unit, Zakir Musa's Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind has reportedly lost the last militant leader of the outfit. 

After the encounter of Zakir Musa on May 23, al-Qaeda has released a 12-minute video announcing the name of its new chief and expansion plan in the Valley

“We play politics on even on the organisations of militants. Please don’t be divided.” Zakir Musa’s father requested the gathering at his home who attended congregational prayers held for the slain terrorist commander.

 

According to reports, students of two institutions in Kashmir tried to block the road outside the campus. When the security forces retaliated, an intense clash broke out. 

According to senior officials, Musa's messages and videos are being circulated widely. Terrorists are using this as a trigger for fresh recruits. Funeral pictures of Musa, in which people participated by the thousands, have gone viral

In his post, the Kashmiri student has used ‘Zindabad’ and ‘Miss you’ in reference to Musa, who was the chief of terror outfit Ansar Ghazwatul Hind and member of slain terrorist Burhan Wani’s group

According to the senior officers in the forces, the army is going all guns ablaze to clean up terrorists in Kashmir. They want to keep a check on fresh recruitment, and by killing Musa, the message is loud and clear that no one will be spared if they stand against the forces. 

Zakir Musa was the head of the Ansar Ghazwatul Hind. He was persuaded to surrender but is said to have retaliated and fired back at the forces
 

The slain terrorist has been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Sofi, who was associated with most-wanted terrorist Zakir Musa. Sofi alias Abdulla bhai was a commander of ISJK, an IS-inspired terror module.

Terror heads of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen and Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind have released audio clips before the Lok Sabha election, appealing, as always, to Kashmiris that they should not vote. Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo and Ansar’s Zakir Musa have threatened to kill those who exercise their franchise.

A list of top terror commanders was issued by intelligence agencies in June 2018, following which an operation called “All Out” was launched to neutralize them. Since then the security forces managed to gun down several terror organization operatives, except Zakir Musa and Riyaz Naikoo. But the hunt is on for the terrorist duo.
 

The encounter in which six terrorists, including Zakir Musa's deputy, were killed was carried out by a joint team of Army's 42RR, 180 BN CRPF and SOG Awantipora