Al-Badr chief killed in Sopore encounter Major success for security forces: IGP Fayaz Bukhari Srinagar, Mar 9: Inspector General of Police Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar today said that chief of Al-Badr militant outfit Abdul Gani Khawaja was killed in the fierce gunfight at Tujjar area of Sopore in North Kashmir’s Baramulla district. “We have killed Al-Badr chief Gani Khawja in the encounter at Tujjar, Sopore,” the IGP Kashmir said. He added that the killing of Khawaja was a big success for the security forces. Earlier, acting on a specific input about the presence of militants in Tujjar, joint team of security forces cordoned off the village.