LoC violence could turn 'ugly' warns LeT founder
12 Jan 2013 6:09 AM IST
Lashkar-e-Taiba founder Hafiz Saeed, accused of masterminding the 2008 Mumbai massacre, said India was trying to destabilise Pakistan and predicted violence in Kashmir region could get ‘ugly’.
‘We do not want any force to be used or any military operation for this. But the Indians are opting for the other alternative,’ Saeed said in an interview on Friday.
Saeed founded LeT in the 1990s, the militant group which India blames for the rampage in Mumbai, where terrorists killed 166. He denies any wrongdoing and links to militants. He denied Indian press reports that he had been inciting action against the neighbouring country just before the recent outbreak of the worst violence since both neighbours agreed a ceasefire nearly a decade ago.
In the third fatal attack in Kashmir this week, a Pakistani soldier was killed on Thursday by ‘unprovoked’ Indian fire, a Pak army spokesman said. He was shot while manning a post in the Battal sector of Kashmir, which is split between the two sides by a heavily fortified border known as the LoC, the spokesman said.
Saeed accused India of trying to disrupt the peace process with Pak and dragging its feet on the long-standing issue of Kashmir.
‘This is their usual practice. Betraying the international community and destabilising Pakistan,’ said Saeed. ‘And that's what they are doing this time.’ India has repeatedly called on Pakistan to bring Saeed to justice, an issue that has stood in the way of rebuilding relations.
‘GIVE A BEFITTING REPLY TO ENEMY’
The distraught father of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, who was one of the soldiers killed in an attack by Pak Army across the LoC, wants that the neighbouring nation be given a ‘befitting reply’ for the dastardly act. ‘The government should respond to the dastardly act by the enemy (Pakistan Army) in a befitting manner. That will be the real tribute to my martyred son,’ Singh's father Sachchidanand Singh said.
‘We do not want any force to be used or any military operation for this. But the Indians are opting for the other alternative,’ Saeed said in an interview on Friday.
Saeed founded LeT in the 1990s, the militant group which India blames for the rampage in Mumbai, where terrorists killed 166. He denies any wrongdoing and links to militants. He denied Indian press reports that he had been inciting action against the neighbouring country just before the recent outbreak of the worst violence since both neighbours agreed a ceasefire nearly a decade ago.
In the third fatal attack in Kashmir this week, a Pakistani soldier was killed on Thursday by ‘unprovoked’ Indian fire, a Pak army spokesman said. He was shot while manning a post in the Battal sector of Kashmir, which is split between the two sides by a heavily fortified border known as the LoC, the spokesman said.
Saeed accused India of trying to disrupt the peace process with Pak and dragging its feet on the long-standing issue of Kashmir.
‘This is their usual practice. Betraying the international community and destabilising Pakistan,’ said Saeed. ‘And that's what they are doing this time.’ India has repeatedly called on Pakistan to bring Saeed to justice, an issue that has stood in the way of rebuilding relations.
‘GIVE A BEFITTING REPLY TO ENEMY’
The distraught father of Lance Naik Sudhakar Singh, who was one of the soldiers killed in an attack by Pak Army across the LoC, wants that the neighbouring nation be given a ‘befitting reply’ for the dastardly act. ‘The government should respond to the dastardly act by the enemy (Pakistan Army) in a befitting manner. That will be the real tribute to my martyred son,’ Singh's father Sachchidanand Singh said.
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