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Burhan Wani (19 September 1994 – 8 July 2016) was the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen, an Islamist militant organization and terrorist group of the Kashmir conflict. [a] He had become a popular figure amongst the local Kashmiri populace, having done so primarily through a strong social media presence, and was responsible for moulding the insurgency in Jammu and Kashmir into a youth-oriented ...
The 2016 Kashmir Riots, also known as the Burhan aftermath, refers to protests in the Indian state of Jammu and Kashmir, chiefly in the Kashmir Valley. It started after the killing of militant leader Burhan Wani by Indian security forces on 8 July 2016. Wani was a commander of the Kashmir-based Islamist militant organisation Hizbul Mujahideen ...
Wani was succeeded by Sabzar Bhat, a close aide of his and member of group within the organization named Wani's boys [111] Indian security forces considered Bhat effective at using social media to recruit youth towards militancy. [112] [113] Sabzar was a close aide of Burhan and member of a group within the hizbul Mujahideen, dubbed Wani's boys ...
On 29 April 2020, Group's deputy chief Burhan Koka was killed in an encounter in Shopian's Melhora area. along with 2 other associates. [ 70 ] On 9 April 2021, Jammu and Kashmir's Director General of Police , Dilbag Singh, said that the Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind has been "wiped out of Kashmir" once again, after seven militants—including its chief ...
Since the killing of Burhan Wani, Kashmir has seen an increase in violence and civic disobedience. This also increased tensions since the 2016 Uri attack and the ensuing Indian retaliatory surgical strike operation.
Zakir Rashid Bhat (also known as Zakir Musa) was the commander of Hizbul Mujahideen after the killing of Burhan Wani and Sabzar Bhat, who were the former commanders of the same outfit. He later became the chief of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind. [3] [2]
In 2017 he became the commander (de facto chief) of Hizb-ul-Mujahideen in Jammu and Kashmir after the death of Burhan Wani and the defection of Zakir Musa. [9] [10] [11] In March 2014, he was alleged to be involved in the killing of a Sarpanch's father, Haji Ghulam Mohd Dar in Dogripora.
After Burhan Wani's encounter, Karimabad village became famous across the valley in terms of Shahada and "surrender". Local people claimed that military personnel, Jammu and Kashmir Police and Central Reserve Police Force carried out a joint operation in the village, on 11 September 2017, which resulted in the security forces who entered the village destroying property, beating people up and ...