Sameer Tiger

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Sameer Tiger
Birth nameSameer Ahmed Bhat
Died30 April 2018 (23 years old) [1]
Drubgam village, Pulwama district, Jammu and Kashmir, India
Allegiance Hizbul Mujahideen
Years of service7 May 2016- 30 April 2018 [2]
Rank Commander

Sameer Ahmed Bhat better known as Sameer Tiger was a militant operating within Kashmir, India, was serving as commander of Hizbul Mujahideen. [3] [4] He along with another militant named Aaqib Ahmad Khan from Rajpora Pulwama were killed in Pulwama district of Jammu and Kashmir by security forces on 30 April 2018. [5] [6]

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Early life

Sameer Bhat joined the militant group Hizbul Mujahideen on 7 May 2016; he was considered an A++ category terrorist by Indian authorities [7] [2] and there was a reward of ₹1,000,000 (US$14,000) for his capture. [8]

Bhat was recruited to Hizbul Mujahideen after he discontinued his schooling. He participated in several stone-throwing incidents prior to his terrorist activities, [6] and was involved in the firing incident on the residence of Syed Bashir Ahmad, a Member of Legislative Assembly in Sheikhard, as well as a grenade attack on the Naka Party in Pulwama. [9] Bhat was considered a poster boy for the Hizbul Mujahideen after the death of Burhan Muzaffar Wani in July 2016. [10] Bhat received media attention in 2017 after a picture was published of him posing with an M4 carbine on social media. [11] [2] He was arrested for stone pelting on Indian Armed Forces in Jammu and Kashmir on 24 March 2016, but was released five days later. [12]

Death

On 30 April 2018, Bhat was killed in an encounter by a joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Indian Army and Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), headed by Major Rohit Shukla. [6] His funeral on 1 May was attended by thousands of people including women and children. [13] An armed party made a gun salute, reported Times Now , [14] [15] [8] and three days later, thousands of people visited Tiger's residence in Drubgam village to express solidarity and offer condolences, reported Greater Kashmir . [16]

Aftermath

The day after Tiger died, government forces launched a cordon and search operation (CASO) in the area. [17] For their part, the Joint Resistance Leadership—comprising Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin—expressed deep sorrow and anger over the killing of militants and called for a general strike across Kashmir on 1 May. [18]

The grave of Sameer was vandalized in May 2018. The incident erupted massive protest in Drabgam area of Pulwama and started stone pelting on the Army camp in Shadimarg, Pulwama on 30 May 2018. [19] Protesters blamed the security forces for vandalizing the grave. [20]

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  2. 1 2 3 Bhat, Gulzar (3 May 2018). "Kashmir: Transition of Sameer Bhat into Sameer Tiger". National Herald.
  3. ↑ Ghosh, Sriparna (1 May 2018). "Who is Sameer Tiger? Hizbul Mujahideen's main recruiter shot dead in Kashmir". IBTimes.
  4. ↑ "NN Exclusive: Hizbul Mujahideen commander Sameer Tiger emerges in fresh video". News Nation. 23 March 2018.
  5. ↑ Suhail, Mohammad (1 May 2018). "Popular militant Sameer Tiger killed in his native village". Kashmir Reader.
  6. 1 2 3 "Hizbul Mujahideen's main recruiter Sameer 'Tiger' gunned down by security forces". The Times of India . 30 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "Kashmir: Transition of Sameer Bhat into Sameer Tiger". Firstpost. 3 May 2018.
  8. 1 2 "J&K: Militants brandish AK-47s at Sameer Tiger's funeral (VIDEO)". ABP News. 1 May 2018.
  9. ↑ "Sameer 'tiger' was involved in several militant attacks: Police". Greater Kashmir. 30 April 2018.
  10. ↑ "How Army Major Rohit Shukla killed Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist 'Tiger' in J&K's Pulwama". Zee News. 30 April 2018.
  11. ↑ "Kashmiri militant Sameer Tiger poses with an American M4 rifle, picture goes viral on social media". Free Press Kashmir. 3 November 2017.
  12. ↑ Snehesh, Alex Philip (10 November 2017). "Sameer Tiger, The New Poster Boy Of Terrorists?". Republic TV.
  13. ↑ Bashir, Abid (2 May 2018). "10 funerals for Sameer Tiger, Aqib Khan". Greater Kashmir.
  14. ↑ "Is Mufti govt watching this? Mega funeral, gun salute for slain Hizbul commander Sameer Tiger in Pulwama". Times Now. 1 May 2018.
  15. ↑ "Thousands attend funeral prayers of slain Sameer Tiger, militants offer gun salute". Kashmir Life. 1 May 2018.
  16. ↑ "Thousands throng Sameer Tiger's residence, graveyard in Pulwama to offer prayers". Greater Kashmir. 1 May 2018.
  17. ↑ "South Kashmir shuts over civilian, militant killings". Greater Kashmir. 4 May 2018.
  18. ↑ "JRL calls for complete shutdown today". Greater Kashmir. 1 May 2018.
  19. ↑ "Sameer Tiger's gravestone vandalised, locals blame army, massive protests in Pulwama, Shopian". Free Press Kashmir. 30 May 2018.
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