SRINAGAR: Abu Dojana, the topmost Lashkar-e-Tayyaba commander, appeared at a huge rally at Kareemabad in Jammu and Kashmir’s southern district of Pulwama, held on Sunday to pay homage to militants slain in encounters with security forces and also to the youth killed during ongoing turbulence in the Valley.
He was accompanied by few other militants, some of them wearing bandanas but none carrying weapons, said an eyewitness. The rally was addressed to by a host of political activists, religious and social leaders.
Abu Dojana also desired to speak on the occasion but was politely refused permission by the organizers on the plea that it might be seized by ‘enemies of the freedom movement’ to their benefit, reports from Pulwama said. One conservative estimate put the number of the participants of the rally around 50,000.
