New Delhi: In an attempt to aggravate the situation in Kashmir, India’s most wanted terrorist Hafiz Saeed on Monday held a memorial service for slain Hizbul Mujahideen militant Burhan Wani, who was killed by security forces on Friday, and warned publicly that "many more Burhan Wanis" will wage war against India.
Saeed attempted to provoke further unrest in Kashmir where precious 23 lives have already been lost with over 250 injured.
In a rally to eulogise Wani in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir today, Hafiz Saeed shared the stage with Sayeed Salahuddin, the leader of Hizbul Mujahideen of which Wani was a member.
Hafiz Saeed also appeared in a video in which he reacted to the violence in Kashmir. “Indian Army has shown a lot of aggressiveness after death of Burhan Wani and his associates in Kashmir. There are bomb blasts and murders on several places in which nearly two dozens people have been killed and hundreds injured. The people of Kashmir are on roads while the government of India is trying to quell the movement by raising the number of troops,” Saeed, who is responsible for several terror attacks in India, said in the video.
Hafiz also appealed to Pakistan government to raise the Kashmir issue on international platforms.
Yesterday, in a late night statement, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif expressed “shock at the killing of Kashmiri leader Burhan Wani and many other civilians by the Indian military and paramilitary forces.”
“It is deplorable that excessive and unlawful force was used against the civilians who were protesting against the killing of Burhan Wani. Oppressive measures such as these cannot deter the valiant people of Jammu and Kashmir from their demand of exercising their right to self determination in accordance with the UN Security Council resolutions,” a statement by Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif's office said.
After Hizbul Mujahideen leader Burhan Wani was killed by security forces on Friday, the valley erupted in protest and violence in which 23 people have died and over 200 injured.
Strict curfew continued on Monday in most parts of the Kashmir Valley following heightened tension.
Three policemen taken hostage by angry mobs in south Kashmir on Friday, returned back safely, but their weapons were seized, police said here on Monday.
Four police stations, 36 civil administration offices and dozens of vehicles were destroyed by unruly mobs.
All senior separatist leaders including Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq, were placed under arrest by the authorities while the state government on Sunday requested them to help normalise the situation.
It is feared if things are not quickly brought under control, Kashmir could be in the throws of another bloody unrest when in 2010, 112 protesters died in clashes with security forces.
