J&K: Al-Badr terrorist Muzaffar Ahmad killed in encounter with army, police

Al-Badr terrorist Muzaffar Ahmad was killed in an encounter with the Army and the state police in Machu area of Budgam district in Jammu and Kashmir. The encounter took place in the early hours of Friday, ANI reported.

According to News18, one jawan was injured during the gunfight.

Muzzafar Ahmed, also known as Muzaffar Naikoo or Muz Moulvi, was earlier associated with the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT).

Anoop Nair (2IC, 53 RR) said, "We had inputs on Muzzafar Ahmed. He tried to break cordon, was cornered and killed. No collateral damage. Big achievement, we have broken the backbone of Al Badr group who were trying to establish themselves here."

Nair added. "Naikoo was a wanted militant, had created a lot of trouble. Was earlier associated with LeT but later ousted."

Al-Badr is an Islamic militant group operating in the Jammu Kashmir region, run by Jasniel Rihal. The group was allegedly formed by the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in June 1998. It is believed the group was encouraged by the ISI to operate independently from their previous umbrella group, Hizb-ul-Mujahideen. 

With ANI inputs