Majid Jahangir
SRINAGAR: Lashkar commanders operating in Kashmir have been told to lie low on the instructions issued from across the Line of Control (LoC).
This has been revealed by Lashkar-e-Toiba commander and Pakistan national Qari Naveed, alias Fahadullah, who was arrested on April 17 in north Kashmir’s Sopore area.
Sources said Fahadullah told the police investigators that there were clear directions that top commanders should not get into the limelight. The Lashkar militant disclosed that till last year Muzamil Amin Dar, alias Urfi, alias Abu Hushaam (shot dead in October last year), was heading the LeT operations in the Valley.
Fahadullah worked under Urfi’s command. Urfi was told from across the border that he should not come into the limelight as his family might be harassed by security men, revealed Fahadullah.
“Urfi’s killing was a huge loss to the outfit as he was the main guy who was planning things for the LeT in Kashmir. He had even done a recce to carry out two fidayeen attacks. His killing was a major blow to the outfit’s plans,” a source said, quoting the captured commander.
According to police records, Urfi was a member of the module that was allegedly involved in a failed attempt to bomb New Delhi last year and was killed along with another militant in a fierce encounter on October 21, 2012, in the Shallapora locality of Sopore town. Three security men were also injured in the encounter and a house was razed to the ground in the gun battle.
“Besides being told to lie low, the LeT commanders have also been told to work in small modules,” said a police source.
The police has claimed that they have almost wiped out the LeT network from north Kashmir’s Sopore area after the arrest of Fahadullah and over half a dozen overground workers.
(Courtesy: Tribune News Service)
