Riyaz Naikoo (born in 1985) was a former professional math teacher and terrorist, from Beighpora Village, Awantipora tehsil Pulwama District, Jammu & Kashmir. He was famously known as the operational commander and leader of a terror group named “Hizbul Mujahideen”.
It was a banned terror group in India which was controlled by Riyaz. Before adopting terrorism, Riyaz Naikoo was an intelligent and well-educated person. He worked as a professional maths teacher at a private school in his hometown.
Apart from this, he also helped the poor students by providing them, free tuition classes. In the year 2010, there was such a twist that a promising person like Riaz adopted terrorism.
After adopting terrorism he committed many crimes and betrayed the soil of his own country. On 6 May 2020, Riyaz was killed in Kashmir Valley’s Operation. Let’s take a brief look at Riyaz Naikoo’s bio and find out why he adopted terrorism.
The most wanted terrorist Riyaz Naikoo died at the age of 35
Security forces have been successful in the encounter in Kashmir valley. In this, Hizbul Mujahideen’s top commander Riyaz Naikoo has been killed. Riyaz took command of Hizbul in the valley after Vuran Bani was killed. In the army list, Riyaz Naikoo was an A ++ category terrorist and had a reward of 12 lakhs on his head.
Riyaz Ahmad Naikoo (age 35 years; as in 2020) became an important part of Hizbul in a very short time. The kidnapping of the family members of the police officers, the salute with guns on the death of the terrorist started these moves, which was becoming more dangerous. Because of his image, Naikoo led much Kashmiri youth on the path of terror.
On Tuesday night, the security forces received information that Riyaz is present in the Naikoo area. Simultaneously, a big crime is being hatched. On the basis of this information, the army surrounded the area. Seeing themselves surrounded, the terrorists started targeting the security forces. During this, the army spoke of surrendering to the terrorists. Despite this, they kept raining bullets.
Early Life, Parents & Education
The Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander was born as Riyaz Ahmed Naikoo in the year 1985 in Beighpora Village, Awantipora tehsil Pulwama District, Jammu & Kashmir. Riyaz died at the age of 35 years old in the operation of Pulwama district, Kashmir Valley.
His father “Asadullah Ahmed” is a tailor and runs a small tailor shop in J&K. His mother “Zeba Ahmed” is also a tailor and takes care of the shop along with his dad.

Riyaz Naikoo’s father, Asadullah Ahmed and mother Zeba Ahmed
He was born in a good locality and grew up with good values. He never thought in his childhood that there would ever be a turning point in his life that would force him to become a terrorist.
Riyaz Naikoo completed his schooling from a local private school in Noorpora. After that, he did his graduation in major of Mathematics and Science from J&K university. He was an intelligent person by birth. After completing his higher studies, he started working as a teacher of maths in a private school in his hometown. He worked there for many years.
How Riyaz Naikoo became a terrorist from a school teacher
Then what happened was that the teacher of the school suddenly became a terrorist. It all started in the year 2010. That year, 17-year-old Ahmed Matto died of tear gas while on display. Much like that changed in the valley after that death.
Many people started rioting. Many peoples were caught by the police. Naikoo was also one of them. He was released in 2012, but by then he had completely changed. He has since fled from his hometown.
Then on the same night of 2012, he took 7 thousand rupees from his father for admission to further studies at Bhopal University. Then he never showed up after that night. A month later, it was revealed that the son had become a terrorist.
Adopt terrorism along with Burhan Wani
After escaping from home, he became a part of Burhan Wani’s terrorist dal. He committed many crimes together with Burhan. The 30-year-old Riyaz Naikoo became the new face of terror for the people there after the death of Burhan Wani in 2016.

Maths teacher, Riyaz Naikoo in 2019. Later, become a terrorist.
He was a resident of Avantipora. He was made the commander or head of the Hizbul Mujahideen following the death of terrorist Sabzar Bhat last year. Even before this, he was surrounded many times but he managed to escape.
Riyaz Naikoo conspired like kidnapping day
The kidnapping day was started by Riyaz Naikoo to put pressure on the police. On this day, 11 family members of 6 policemen’s house were kidnapped in South Kashmir. All were later abandoned.
But in return, Naikoo’s father was rescued from police custody. It was Riyaz who started the gun salute again. The terrorists give it on the death of their commander. In this, during the funeral of dead terrorists, a bullet is paid in the air to pay tribute to them.
Wiki/Bio | |
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Real Full Birth Name | Riyaz Naikoo. |
Nickname | Riyaz. |
Famous for | Math Teacher. |
Age at the time of death | 35 years. |
Date of Death | 06 May 2020. |
Year of Birth | 1985. |
Birthplace | Beighpora Village, Awantipora tehsil Pulwama District, Jammu & Kashmir. |
Gender | Male. |
Sexuality (Gay or Lesbian) | Straight. |
Religion | Muslim. |
Nationality | Indian.![]() |
Ethnicity | Islam. |
Sun Sign (Zodiac Sign) | Virgo. |
Social Media Account Stats | N/A. |
Physical Stats & More | |
Height | Feet & Inches: 5' 10". Centimeters: 178 cm. Meters: 1.78 m. |
Weight | Kilograms: 73 Kg. Pounds: 160 lbs. |
Shoe Size (UK) | 9. |
Hair Color | Black. |
Eye Color | Black. |
Family | |
Parents | Father: Asadullah Ahmed. Mother: Zeba Ahmed. |
Siblings | One brother and one sister (names not available). |
Personal Life Relationship | |
Marital Status | Married. |
Girlfriend | Will Update Soon. |
Education | |
Highest Qualification | Graduate. |
School | Local Private School. |
Alma Mater. | J&K University. |
Last Updated | 7 May 2020 (©️ Copyright - www.dreshare.com) |
Some Lesser Known Facts About Riyaz Naikoo
- The Hizbul commander Riyaz Ahmad Naiku, who was killed in Begpora, Jammu, and Kashmir, was extremely vicious.
- He rarely used the road to get from place to place. Not only this, but he had also made a tunnel to reach home.
- On Tuesday night, the army first started rinsing the tunnel as soon as it was informed of its presence in the area.
- The terrorist who considered himself vicious probably forgot that this tunnel would prepare the way for his death.
- Riyaz Naikoo came into the limelight in the year 2019 after posting a video on social media.
- In the video, he welcomed the Kashmiri Pandits in the valley and said that they are not enemies of the victims like Pandits.
- In June 2019, an organization affiliated with the Islamic State called Naikoo a Kafir.
- When there was an uproar over the death of terrorist Adil Rahman Dar.
- A spokesperson of the terrorist organization claimed that Adil Rahman Dar is being told in the media that he had a dispute with Lashkar over an AK-47 rifle, despite the fact that he was murdered.
- The spokesman said his name was Khatib.
- He said how three Hizb and Lashkar terrorists killed Adil in Bijbehra under a conspiracy.
- Khatib described Hizbul commander Riyaz Naikoo as an infidel and said that he had convincing evidence to reveal Naikoo’s truth and Pakistan’s lie that Indian agencies had not killed Adil.
- According to the sources, he used to go to his home town to meet his mom Zeba after becoming a terrorist.
- In Burhan Wani’s terrorist dal, Riyaz was very close to his gang member Saddam Padder.
- Riyaz Naikoo’s height was 5 feet 10 inches (in meters 1.78 m).
- According to an estimate, his body weight was 73 kilograms (in pounds 160 lbs).
- In an interview, his mom said that Riyaz was a very humble and honest person.
- She also said that he loved rose paintings.
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