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New Delhi: Nearly five days after the rendezvous operation in Jammu and Kashmir Handwara that claimed the lives of five security personnel, including a decorated officer, Pakistan-based Hizbul Mujahideen, led by Syed Salahuddin, claimed the responsibility, reports ANI.
In a video clip shared by BJP spokesman Sambit Patra, Syed Salahudeen is seen heading to a small meeting somewhere in Pakistan about the recent counter-insurgency operations carried out by his terrorists in Handwara. He is also seen admitting that the Indian Army has the advantage in the clip.
“It is a shock (the murder of Riyaz Naikoo) for all of us, but these sacrifices have been going on in Kashmir for a long time,” he could be heard speaking in Urdu. Responsibility for the recent shooting between terrorists and security forces in Handwara was also claimed. “The mujahideen broke the back of the enemy (Indian army) in Handwara Rajwara, but the enemy has an advantage,” he said in a 52-second video.
He can also be heard claiming that since January, 80 mujahideen (terrorists) have been neutralized by Indian forces.
_______ _________ __ ______ ________ Sayeed Salahudeen __ _____ _____ ___ __ …__ __ ___ ___ __ __ ______ (____) __ _____ ____ __!
__ ____ __ _____ pic.twitter.com/CXnBu5fV7I– Sambit Patra (@sambitswaraj) May 9, 2020
Syed Salahudeen’s statement on Kashmir comes days after the Handwara encounter and the removal of Hizbul’s top commander, Riyaz Naikoo, and his close aide Adil Ahmed from Jammu and the Kashmir police and 21 RR troops.
The meeting in Handwara in the Kupwara district claimed the lives of Colonel Ashutosh Sharma, Major Anuj Sood, Naik Rajesh and Lance Naik Dinesh, all from the Guard Brigade regiment, and currently part of the 21 Rashtriya rifles. and deployed to fight terrorism in the rear. A deputy police inspector from Jammu and Kashmir, the sage Ahmad Pathan, alias Qazi, was also the victim of bullets by terrorists.
The Handwara attack is considered the largest loss of security forces in recent years.
Giving details of the encounter in a village in the Rajwar forests, officials said that on the afternoon of May 2, intelligence data indicated the presence of the same group of terrorists inside a house in the village of Changimulla, leading to Col Sharma to launch a lanyard and seek operation along with his team and Qazi.
After a considerable pause, Col Sharma and four other staff members broke into a house from an adjacent stable, presuming that the terrorists had been killed in the intense shooting.
According to officials, the team was fired upon after rescuing civilians and all communication links with Col Sharma and his team were broken. The terrorists responded to calls made to the team’s mobile numbers.
Then, the Army rushed in paratroopers, who after verifying that the Army officer and his team were killed in the encounter, launched an offensive in the first light of day and killed the two terrorists.
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