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Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has reacted to the killing of dreaded Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Riyaz Naikoo by the security forces in an encounter.
Omar said that that Naikoo’s death should not in any way be be used as an excuse by some to put more people in “harm’s way by provoking violence and protests”
Omar tweeted , His death must not be used as an excuse by some to put more people in harms way by provoking violence & protests
#RiyazNaikoo’s destiny was decided the moment he picked up the gun & adopted the path of violence & terror. His death must not be used as an excuse by some to put more people in harms way by provoking violence & protests.
— Omar Abdullah (@OmarAbdullah) May 6, 2020
Seen as a successor to Burhan Wani as poster boy of terror. Naikoo was on the run for eight years . And as many as three times he escaped from the grasp of the security forces. His killing is seen as a revenge by the security forces for the Handwara attack where army colonel, a major and two soldiers, along with a Jammu and Kashmir Police sub-inspector, were killed in a counter-terrorist operation in Kashmir.
