JuD chief warns of intensified jihad against India

As the Central government has drawn up a tough strategy to deal with the unrest in Jammu and Kashmir and has already killed more than 140 terrorists this year, Pakistan-based terror outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) announces to intensify terror attacks in India.

JuD chief Abdul Rehman Makki pledged to intensify ‘jihad’ against India in the Valley. Makki also confirmed the formation of a new political outfit Milli Muslim League (MML). He is the brother-in-law of Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 26/11 attack in 2008. Makki was given the charge to head JuD after Saeed was placed under house arrest by Pakistan government in January.

Sources in intelligence agencies stated that the influence of Makki and Saeed in the Valley are losing ground as Pakistan-based terror outfits members are being killed. “This is worrisome for them who trap the innocent and unemployed Kashmiri youth to carry out terror attacks in lieu of money,” a senior intelligence bureau officer said.

Makki also hailed the terrorists who were killed by security forces in Kashmir.

He also lashed out at the United States to label JuD cadres as extremists, jihadis, fundamentalists and terrorists, and declaring the outfit as dangerous for peace in the region. Makki said that JuD’s …read more