Poonch, Aug 07 :
A militant who was killed in Poonch has been identified as a local militant who was divisional commander.
Top officials told the news agency Kashmir Scroll that the killed terrorist has been identified on the basis of Police Records as Muneser Hussain, S/O Sattar Md, r/o Bagyladra Poonch. He was a dreaded terrorist and a Divison Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen(HM).
“In 1993 he went to PoK, came back in 1996 and again returned to PoK in 1998. He has masterminded number of attacks on SFs. As per Police Records his family of two wives and children are residents of Surankote, Poonch.” He said .
“Muneer Hussain was close associate of Maulana Dawood Kashmir(TuJ) who in turn is a close associate of Syed Salauddin (HM).” He added.
“Recently high level mtg of HM gp took place in Islamabad which he attended. Agenda of mtg was revival of HM in Rajouri Poonch. ” He added.
“From this we can make out that Muneer Hussain along with his body guard was sent with the agenda of reviving HM in Rajouri Poonch / South of Pir-Panjal (SPPR). He was given a larger leadership role of Tanzeems and told to revive terrorism South of Pir Panjal.” He Said, adding that Muneer Hussain is the Senior most leader of HM. He is the most dreaded terrorist killed in the last 10 yrs in Rajouri/Poonch.
He added that it is evident that Pak is trying to send old terror veterans to JK to motivate and recruit youth thus making desperate attempts to revive terrorism.(KS)