Pampore attack: Hafiz Saeed's brother-in-law calls for war against India

New Delhi: Abdul Rehman Makki, brother-in-law of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) chief Hafiz Saeed, has praised the June 25 Pampore attack by two terrorists, which left eight CRPF personnel dead and 22 injured.

According to a report in The Indian Express, Makki, who is the second in command of Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), said in a speech in Gujranwala in Pakistan that ‘two lions surrounded the convoy of jackals’ referring to the terrorists killing CRPF men. He called on the people of Pakistan to ‘wage a war’ against India.

The speech was made at a rally where Hafiz Saeed was also present on stage.
“I was going to a meeting in Rahim Yar Khan, when the Indian media began screaming ‘in Pampore, our army, our heroes were coming from training in big buses, two terrorists surrounded them’. But two lions surrounded the convoy of jackals,” Makki was quoted as saying.

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The video of the speech was posted on some Facebook groups that support JuD, which is a front for the terrorist organisation Lashkar-e-Taiba. JuD is now banned in Pakistan.

Saeed himself spoke at the rally which lasted for around 90 minutes.

Saeed claimed that “when Modi was signing agreements in Washington, the Srinagar-based XVI Corps commander General DS Hooda was saying we have lost the war in Kashmir.”

Saeed then went on to praise the people of Gujranwala, calling them ‘children of martyrs’ and congratulated saying ‘your blood is showing its colour’.

The LeT chief alleged a nexus between India and the US, claiming that Indian airports were now “hosting drones used by the US, which are bombing and killing hundreds of Pakistanis”.