India Today has come up with clinching evidence of Pakistan’s state and non-state actors, including Hafiz Saeed, choreographing anarchy through their agents in the Kashmir Valley.
Several top Kashmiri separatists are caught on camera confessing to receiving funds from across the border.
Some of them also admitted they raised money domestically, pledging to repeat the deadly events of 2016 if financed again. The stunning probe that rips apart the devious designs of anti-India forces in Kashmir includes Hurriyat’s Provincial President (Geelani Faction) Naeem Khan, Tehreek-E-Hurriyat’s leader Gazi Javed Baba, and JKLF chairman Farooq Ahmad Dar (Bitta Karate).
The investigation traces the terror funding trail. Hurriyat leader Naeem Khan stealthily travels down to Delhi to meet India Today reporters, who posed as potential funders.
He made startling disclosures on how Pakistan is funneling hundreds of crores to the Hurriyat to plunge Jammu and Kashmir into its worst unrest in decades.
HERE IS WHAT HE ADMITTED ON CAMERA:
Reporter: How does Pakistan deliver help?
Naeem Khan: That’s made available in Delhi not in Kashmir directly. It can come via Dubai or Saudi. If there’s any problem bringing it here, Naeem Khan is there (to sort it out).
Reporter: Where you take the funding from Pakistan? In Delhi or in Kashmir?
Naeem Khan: It’s routed through here.
Reporter: From Delhi?
Naeem Khan: Well-wishers deliver it after taking their commission.
Reporter: Nothing directly in Kashmir?
Naeem Khan: Kashmir has no international ports. Everything is here.
Reporter: Currency is not routed through the borders, Sir.
Naeem Khan: Currency isn’t routed through the borders. Earlier, it was in small quantities. But major business is carried out in Delhi. It’s taken there and delivered to me here.
Reporter: Through hawala?
Naeem Khan: Through all of Ballimaran and Chandni Chowk. That’s how hawala works in India. Ours is part of it.
The investigation reveals that Pakistan’s agents who are trying to destabilise Kashmir through street violence are hidden in Delhi.
SCHOOLS ON HURRIYAT’S RADAR
The operation also reveals Hurriyat’s role in torching schools.
“You need chaos for disorder. It doesn’t matter if that means burning down railway stations, police stations, schools, panchayat buildings. May Allah save us, hospitals should be left out. We have to do certain things to create chaos,” Khan said.
He admits in the video that they were involved in stone peltings on MLAs, attacking government properties.
“So far, 35 (schools) have been burnt. They were burnt because we were present there. Nothing is possible without (our) support,” Khan said.
Naeem Khan’s wife Hamida Naeem was invited to participate in a discussion on the subject but once she saw the tapes she moved out.
After the video went on air, Naeem Khan came to India Today office in Srinagar and threatened India Today reporters. He also asked them to take down the story.
Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police SP Vaid said he is rushing troops to India Today office in Srinagar and also promised safety of staff.
The separatist leader also made another startling admission on camera when he said if Rs 300-400 crore is pumped in, then the Kashmir unrest could be carried on for another three months.
“It can move forward only as an inter-city (agitation). Fatigue also sets in. We burnt less flags before. Now, we have to burn more of them,” Khan said.
JKLF chairman Farooq Ahmed Dar (Bitta Karate) also admits that they all get Pakistani funds.
The India Today investigation shows that the separatists, backed by their masters across the border, are geared up to unleash a fresh wave of unrest anytime. Choking separatist finances, therefore, is the key to peace in the Kashmir Valley.
