INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
NEW DELHI: Less than 5 months after the main federal government described him a designated terrorist, unidentified gunmen on a bike shot
dead Hizbul Mujahideens top releasing commander-- Peer alias Imtiyaz Alam-- in Pakistans Rawalpindi on Monday night
He returning house after offering Maghrib prayers at a local mosque.Peer was thought about a close confidant of Hizbul primary Syed
Salahuddin, who led his funeral prayer on Tuesday along with a couple of ISI and Pakistan army officials.Initial probe suggested it was a
targeted killing as the killer apparently confirmed his identity prior to shooting him, media reports said
There are also reports of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) being included
Last October, the Centre had actually designated Peer as terrorist under the UAPA for his function in fear activities consisting of
providing logistics to the prohibited clothings members
He was known to be a professional in infiltrations in Kupwara district
Peer initially belonged to Babarpora area in Kupwara but had transferred to Pakistan a number of years earlier
Ever since, he had been living and operating under the aegis of ISI at Rawalpindi.Indian intelligence companies had found that he brought
Pakistans main computerised nationwide identity card
Peer was actively involved in raising and routing of funds for terrorism in J&K , the dossier on him states
Peer was actively associated with running dozens of online propaganda groups to unite ex-militants and other cadres for furtherance of
activities of terrorist organisations Hizbul Mujahideen, Lashkar-e-Taiba and others, it says.Shortly after he moved base to Pakistan, Peer
came under fire from Pakistan Armys military intelligence directorate after he sent out a hit group to back his protege, Shafi Dar, in 2007
He was even apprehended but was later on launched on ISIs intervention.Peer, likewise known as Haji, had struck the headings in the summer
of 2017 when he called for establishing a Caliphate and enforcing Sharia Law in Pakistan
