NEW DELHI: For years, the Army was charged with the slaughter Chhattisinghpora. But now, now the bloodshed was orchestrated by the head of Lashkar operative, Muzammil Butt.
26/11 driver Abu Jindal told his interrogators that Muzammil was then operating in Kashmir, along with dozens of men in army uniforms came to the village in Anantnag district of Kashmir on March 25, 2000 and killed 35 Sikhs.The aim was to create tensions between communities in the Valley on the eve of the visit of then U.S. president Bill Clinton to India and also evil army of India.
The sources said that the interrogation had revealed that Muzammil Jindal, along with its partners, told all the men of the village out of their homes and asked them to gather near the village gurdwara. The men Lashkar then shot 35 Sikhs in cold blood.
The revelation is significant because the sections of the Kashmiri political parties and civil rights activists in the country have always claimed that it was the work of the Army of India. Just last month, Hurriyat hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani called for an international investigation into the matter.
The sources said that the revelation has confirmed that Jindal had always suspected that the agencies based on credible information. However, no investigation into the incident has proved conclusively LeT's hand. Research organizations had detained two suspected militants of Lashkar Waseem Ahmed and Mohd Suhail, who came from Sialkot and Gujranwala in Pakistan for the slaughter. Both are on probation.
According to sources, Muzammil, which Interior Minister P Chidambaram said recently that had replaced Zaki-ur-Rehman Lakhvi and LeT operations chief, was responsible for several murders over the Valley and this was something he admitted to several of LeT colleagues. Jindal was known to be close to Muzammil, who was part of the control room based in Karachi, who led the attacks of 26/11.
An official with knowledge of the interrogation Jindal said: "This was something that the agencies have always had an idea. This information had also arrived in the interrogation of David Coleman Headley. Jindal is being questioned on all information available with agencies and confirmation that he thinks that the agencies we already know. he is revealing little new information so far. "
The revelation will be little relief for the Army that has been on the bench for several extra-judicial killings, including the meeting Pathribal after the slaughter of Chhattisinghpora. Until agencies find hard evidence to support this claim, the revelation that have little value in a court of law.
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