Hamza Burhan, a designated terrorist and mastermind of the November 18, 2020 grenade attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel inJammu and Kashmir’sPulwama, has died a day after he was shot at by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Muzaffarabad. Hamza Burhan was targeted on Thursday when initial reports suggested that he had succumbed to injuries. However, when he was rushed to the hospital, the doctors discovered that his pulse was still active.
According to Times Now sources, unknown gunmen shot at Burhan around 2 PM in the Gojra bypass area of Muzaffarabad. He sustained bullet injuries, including two gunshot wounds to the head. The local police had initially declared him dead and shifted him to a medical college for post-mortem procedures. It was during the autopsy process that the doctor found that he was still breathing.
Burhan alias Arjumand Gulzar Dar alias Doctor, a commander of the Al Badr terror group, was designated as a terrorist by India in April 2022 for his involvement in a series of terror acts in Jammu and Kashmir. He had been living undercover as a teacher in PoK following the Pulwama attack.
According to police, Burhan, a principal of a private college in Gojra, Muzaffarabad (about 135 km from Islamabad), was targeted when he came out of his college on Thursday morning. The attackers fired multiple shots at close range, they said.
"The principal sustained three bullets to the head. He was taken to a nearby hospital in critical condition, where he was put on a ventilator," police told reporters.
The police also claimed to have arrested a suspect and recovered the weapon used in the attack.
"After committing the crime, a suspect was fleeing on a motorcycle when local men overpowered him and handed him over to the police," an eyewitness said.
Dar, born in 1999, hailed from Ratnipora, Pulwama, in Jammu and Kashmir. He went to Pakistan on valid documents, where he joined the Al Badr terror group. According to the Union Home Ministry, Dar was an active terrorist and commander of Al Badr. Since going to Pakistan, Dar had been motivating youth to join Al Badr and funding the outfit's terror activities.
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