Sopore: Abdul Qayoom Najar, one of the most dreaded and among the longest-surviving Kashmiri militants, was laid to rest at his ancestral graveyard in Mumkak Batpora around 11 pm yesterday.
He was laid to rest amid pro-freedom slogans and two rounds of funeral prayers.
According to reports, two rounds of funeral prayers were held at Kranshivan colony and Jamia Masjid Sopore.
Meanwhile, authorities imposed strict restrictions on the movement of motorists and pedestrians in the Sopore town of north Kashmir to prevent protests against his killing on Wednesday.
Reports said that police and paramilitary personnel sealed all the entry and exit points of the town and disallowed the movement of pedestrians and motorists in the area.
They said that Main Chowk, Tehsil Road, Court Road and Chanakhan areas were sealed by the armed forces.
Najar was killed in a gunfight with the Indian Armed forces along the Line of Control (LoC) in north Kashmir’s Uri on Tuesday,
“In a very significant achievement for Police and security forces, Ab. Qayoom Najar alias Jansahib alias Ishfaq S/O Ab. Rashid Najar R/O Mumkak Sopore who has been active since year 1999 has been killed today in an encounter near Zorawar Post of Lachiproa Uri,” a police official said.
According to the police, Najar had crossed over to Pakistan in 2015 and was returning to take command of Hizb ul Mujahideen.
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is a Kashmiri militant/resistance organization founded by Muhammad Ahsan Dar in September 1989. The group has active in the state of Jammu and Kashmir since 1989. The current commander of the group is a Sayeed Salahudeen.
Qayoom was identified as the fifth “infiltrator” to be killed along the LoC in Uri since Sunday, when three infiltrators were killed followed by a fourth on Monday.
A few years ago, Indian Armed forces declared Qayoom the most wanted militant in the Valley and announced a reward of Rs 10 lakh for information on him.
