According to a profile on Dujana, in the Indian Express, he was a resident of Gilgit-Baltistan, and had sneaked into the Valley around six years ago. Police officials said that he remained active in north Kashmir before permanently shifting his base to south Kashmir. After his elevation as the chief commander of Lashkar-e-Taiba, he came on the radar of several security agencies. More than a dozen security raids and operations were conducted across south Kashmir to nab Dujana, but he escaped every time. Some officials describe him as a “brainy militant” who was a master in breaking the security cordon.