Pro-IS, anti-Hurriyat slogans rent air in Srinagar

SRINAGAR: Thousands of folks accumulated in Parampora space on Srinagar-Gulmarg street to sign up for the funeral of a terrorist killed by safety forces and raised anti-Hurriyat, and pro-Islamic State and pro-Zakir Musa slogans.

Slogans of "Na Hurriyat wali Shariat, na Hurriyat wali azadi, Kashmir banega Dar-ul Islam (neither Hurriyat-type Shariat, nor Hurriyat-type freedom, Kashmir will become an Islamist nation)," hire the air on the funeral of a Tehreek-ul Mujahideen militant, Mugees Ahmad Mir.

The body of Mugees, who used to be killed in an come across at Zukura within the outskirts of Srinagar on Friday, used to be shrouded in Islamic State's flag, as 1000's of folks walked along with his coffin on Saturday.

While Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday refuted tips of IS influence on Kashmir militancy, there is not any gainsaying the affect of Zakir Musa, appointed commander of the terrorist crew Hizbul Mujahideen following the killing of Burhan Wani at the hands of safety forces in 2016.

Musa, after taking over, had threatened to behead Hurriyat separatists for calling Kashmir struggle a political one, describing it as a substitute as a non secular struggle to ascertain Islamic rule.

In July 2017, the Global Islamic Media Front claimed Musa were named the head of Ansar Ghazwat-ul-Hind, a newly created cellular of al-Qaeda for Kashmir.


IG Kashmir, Munir Khan, equivocated, "We are in the process of investigations as to what is the quantum of the influence of ISIS on Kashmir militancy." He used to be responding to questions in regards to the pro-IS slogans at Mugees's funeral.


Mugees used to be believed to be a most sensible commander of Al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Gazwat-ul-Hind led by Zakir Musa. However, Tehreek-ul-Mujahideen (TeM), a local militant outfit, claimed Mugees used to be its district commander in Pulwama. One police sub-inspector Inam Tak too used to be killed while a SPO used to be injured within the shoot-out at Zukura.


Director basic of police S P Vaid, who refuted claims of IS being at the back of the Zukura attack, stated, "It's yet to be verified. I don't think IS has any presence here."


People attended the funeral in huge numbers despite police restrictions; alternatively, they dispersed peacefully later. The circle of relatives kept Mugees's body on the home for the evening. He used to be buried within the ancestral grave, eyewitnesses stated.
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