Hizbul Mujahideen chief claims hand in LoC killings

Says Neither Pakistan nor India can stop activates of militants along LOC

SRINAGAR: Hizbul Mujahedeen supremo, Syed Salahuddin Saturday claimed that his cadres were involved in the killings of five Indian soldiers on the Line of Control (LOC).

A group of heavily armed Pakistani intruders on August 6 shot and killed five Indian soldiers in Poonch sector of Jammu and Kashmir in an audacious cross-border strike that threatened to derail the peace dialogue between the two countries.

Defence minister AK Antony told Parliament that the attack was carried out by “terrorists along with persons dressed in Pakistan army uniform.”

In a telephonic interview with the KNS, a Srinagar based news agency Salahudin said, “If India blames Pakistan Army for the killing of five soldiers in Poonch sector, let me clear for them that (it was) Hizubul Mujaheden’s Sarhadi (border) squad that killed them under a specific strategy.”

“After the launch of a peaceful protest movement by the Kashmirs in 2008, militants had shifted their activities to the border areas and intensified their attacks along LOC. Neither Pakistan nor India can stop militant activities along LOC,” he said.

The UJC chief claimed that from Keeran to Karnah and till Ramban sector our Mujahideen are busy in fighting Indian troops. “Sometimes our Muajihdeen achieve martyrdom some times Indian troopers are killed.”

Taking a dig at the Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, the Hizb chief said, “Omar Abdullah shed crocodile tears on August 15 for discriminatory attitude of India towards Kashmiris. If his conscience is alive, he should leave power and join freedom movement and prove he is sincere with Kashmiris.”

“However, all pro-India parties, be it National Conference, Congress, or Peoples Democratic Party, are hoodwinking people for their petty interests. These parties are responsible for the situation in which Kashmir has been caught. They are hand-in-glove with Indian agencies. But let me tell you they have to face punishment for it,” he added.

He claimed that mainstream leaders were agents of New Delhi. “How can you expect from them to do something good for the people in Kashmir when they are puppet in the hands of New Delhi,” he asked.

Commenting on the ceasefire violations on the LOC, the Hizb supreme said, “Despite signing ceasefire agreement in 2003 India and Pakistan continue to violate it. These violations took place several times over past few years. In 2011 ceasefire was violated 62 times, in 2012 it was violated 117 times and this year till date 82 times. Until and unless Kashmir issue is not sorted out ceasefire violations and infiltrations will continue to happen,” he asserted.

Blaming Congress and Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) for making politics over every issue, he said, “As elections are close in India they are busy in blowing the claims of extremism. The foundation of Indian politics is constructed on the anti Pak emotion. Any party in India which exhibits deep hatred against Pakistan gains huge mileage among the extremists in India,” he said.

Castigating India for its ‘pseudo-secularism’ the UJC chairman said, “India which is boasting so much about its secularity has made Narender Modi, who is the killer of hundreds of innocent people, a strong candidate for the post of Prime Minster.”

Commenting on Gool killings he said, “After the desecration of Quran at Gool, protests were quite expected, but Indian forces fired upon peaceful protest and killed innocent people. Insted of punishing the culprits the puppet government aggravated the miseries of people by imposing the curfew and detained scores of youth,” he claimed.

“To divert the attention of the people from the Gool incident intelligence agencies instigated sectarian clashes in Budgam district. I am resident of Budgam and one of my friends informed me that it were actually the security forces in civil clothes that started the trouble from both sides. But people exhibited enough wisdom by upholding the sectarian harmony in the area

On communal clashes in Kishtwar Hizb chief said, “Right from 1947 India has tried to create communal violence with the help of extremists and saffron brigades. And this time they did it through the so called VDC members. Instead of punishing the culprits the state government crushed the Muslim community to remain in good books of Indian extremists. Until and unless VDC members are disarmed there will always remain the threat of communal violence.” KNS

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