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| Pak Army helps in infiltration: Gunny |
| 2002-06-02 |
| A Pakistani militant captured by secutiry forces recently, has said he along with some other ultras were pushed into Indian territory by the Pakistan Army. "I sneaked into the valley from Kupwara sector along with three others in March this year with active support of the Pakistani Army deployed in the forward posts," Mohammad Ashraf, captured by Rashtriya Rifles during an encounter here last week, told reporters on Sunday. "I was working as a labourer in my home town of Punjab in Pakistan before falling in the trap of a fellow countryman who motivated me to join the Hizbul Mujahideen in Kashmir, the ultra said, adding he received arms training from a camp run by the Mujahideen with the help of Pak army in Muzaffarabad. The captured gunny said after training, he along with five others were told to sneak into the valley to join the Mujahideen here. They were later taken to an Pakistani Army camp at Lipa, just across Kupwara in Kashmir. With the help of a guide, they reached Sopore within few days, to "built a base as told by the bosses", where they were joined by some more militants two days before the encounter. Ashraf who was captured with 20 per cent burn injuries said "Indian Army is very helpful. They provided me a wheel chair and the best treatment for saving my life. They were not my religious brothers but they have done it on the grounds of humanity." He's probably still trying to explain to him what a Punjabi has to do with events in Kashmir. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |