SRINAGAR: Hizbul Mujahideen operational commander Riyaz Naikoo on Tuesday warned the Indian Army, CRPF and the Jammu and Kashmir Police to face more suicide attacks in near future.
In a purported audio message, Naikoo said it is the do-or-die situation for them as the security forces are committing atrocities on the people of Jammu & Kashmir. Issuing a direct threat, Naikoo told security forces that they will have to cry till the time they are in Kashmir and the coffins of the soldiers will continue to fill
Naikoo made it clear that they are ready to die but will not allow security forces to live in the Valley. The 17-minute audio a release surfaced few days after the Pulwama suicide bombing which claimed lives of 44 CRPF personnel. Naikoo’s comments came after KJS Dhillon, Corps Commander of Chinar Corps, Indian Army, warned militants not to pick up the gun.
The Indian Army on Tuesday warned that anyone who has picked up the gun will be killed unless he surrenders. Addressing a joint presser, KJS Dhillon appealed to the mothers of militants to request their sons to come to the mainstream as there is a surrender policy for them.
Speaking about the recent Pulwama attack, Lt Gen Dhillon said that in less than 100 hours after the suicide bombing, the security forces killed the leadership of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) in Kashmir. He said that after the Pulwama suicide bombing on the CRPF convoy in Pulwama
Naikoo added that the person who killed 44 CRPF men in a suicide attack, was compelled to do it after security forces committed atrocities on him, referring to Adil Ahmad Dar of Jaish-e-Mohammad. (PTK)
