Doda (Jammu and Kashmir), Sep.16 (ANI): Leader of the opposition People's Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti, has accused the central government and the Jammu and Kashmir Government of using the youth of Kashmir as scapegoats to cover up militant attacks.
Addressing a PDP rally in Doda, Mufti said: "In 2008, about 60 percent people had voted. They had given a signal that militancy is ending and the situation in Jammu and Kashmir is improving."
"But instead of the improvement, what we saw last year was 120 young people were killed. And the chief minister of the state called them as Lashkar-e-Taiba militants, or as paid agents sponsored by Pakistan," she added.
"So, when our own government creates this kind of impression about our youth in front of the nation, then naturally the agencies in Delhi need a scapegoat to blame on. They can pick up anybody because they know that the government in Kashmir forwards the federal government policy," she said.
Mufti appealed to the Prime Minister to step in and look into the matter himself to avoid any misunderstanding or cover up.
"I sincerely hope, as well as appeal to the Prime Minster, to look into the matter himself as to whether these minors have any link with that e-mail, or are they being deliberately made as scapegoats to divert attention," she added.
On September 10, police detained two men hailing from Jammu and Kashmir in Alwar after they were reported to have been looking for an accommodation around midnight.
According to media reports the face of one of the detained persons, identified as Abdul Ghani Mager matches a sketch of the suspects released by the Delhi Police.
Earlier police had detained five people in Kashmir from a cyber cafe, from where an email was sent claiming responsibility for the attack.
Authorities said the South Asian militant outfit, Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami (HuJI) - an al Qaeda affiliate with bases in Pakistan and Bangladesh-had claimed responsibility for the blast in an email sent to the National Investigation Agency (NIA).
The investigating agencies are presently probing the authenticity of the email, even though the sender remains elusive.
The police action came days after a high-intensity briefcase bomb exploded outside the Delhi High Court on September 7, killing at least 14 people and injuring 88 others, making it the deadliest attack in India in almost two months.
The audacious attack in the heart of the national capital has renewed concerns about the authorities' ability to prevent attacks, particularly in sensitive, high-risk areas across the country.
The New Delhi blast has triggered a fierce public and political outcry against the government, which has long been slammed for adopting what many analysts call 'soft' stance towards extremism. (ANI)
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