Pulwama attack mastermind Hamza Burhan’s funeral witnesses presence of Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin & other wanted terrorists

STC NEWS MONITORING DESK
SRINAGAR, MAY 23 ( STC): The funeral of Pulwama attack mastermind terrorist Hamza Burhan in Islamabad, was attended by several Pakistan-based wanted terrorists, including Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and Al-Badr supremo Bakht Zameen Khan, reports a cross section of media quoting visuals circulating on social media and local reports.
Hamza Burhan, codenamed “Doctor,” and also known as Arjumand Gulzar Dar, was buried in Islamabad a day after he was shot by unidentified gunmen in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK).
Media reports citing social media posts, apart from senior terror operatives, officials linked to Pakistan’s ISI were also seen at the funeral gathering.
Visuals from the funeral reportedly showed heavily armed individuals carrying AK-47 rifles and other sophisticated weapons deployed around the ceremony, highlighting the high-security presence during the burial, the reports stated.
Social media videos from the area also indicated the participation of multiple armed cadres linked to banned terror outfits.
It’s pertinent to mention that Burhan was allegedly one of the masterminds of the 2019 Pulwama terror attack, which killed more than 40 Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel in February 2019.
He was designated a terrorist by India’s Union Home Ministry in 2022 for his involvement in multiple terror-related activities in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to officials, he played a key role in radicalisation, recruitment of youth, and financing of Al-Badr operations from Pakistan.
In recent years, Burhan had been living undercover in PoJK while working as a teacher.
Reports quoting police sources said he was serving as the principal of a private college in Muzaffarabad, located around 135 kilometres from Islamabad.
Burhan was attacked on Thursday morning when he stepped out of the college premises. Unknown gunmen opened fire at close range, hitting him multiple times in the head, reports quoting local police said.
Earlier in May 2025, Pakistani military officers, civil bureaucrats, and prominent terror chiefs attended funerals of militants killed during India’s ‘Operation Sindoor’.

(Straight Talk Communications I Inputs from Agencies)