Farooq Abdullah said interrogating captured terrorists could provide valuable insights into the broader networks orchestrating these attacks. Farooq Abdullah of the National Conference on Saturday stirred a political controversy by suggesting that terrorists should be captured rather than killed, in order to uncover the masterminds behind the recent surge in terror attacks across Jammu and Kashmir.
Farooq Abdullah, the former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, emphasised that interrogating captured terrorists could provide valuable insights into the broader networks orchestrating these attacks. Farooq Abdullah also demanded an investigation into the Budgam terror attack and said he have a doubt that is it done by the people who were trying to destabilise the government in Jammu and Kashmir.
“It should be investigated. How is it that the government has come and this is happening? I have a doubt that is it done by the people who were trying to destabilise the government…If they (terrorists) are caught then we will get to know who is doing this. They should not be killed, they should be caught and asked who is behind them…We should check if there is an agency who is trying to destabilise Omar Abdullah” On being asked if Pakistan should be blamed every time for terrorist attacks in J&K, including the recent Budgam terror attack, Farooq Abdullah said, “There is no question of this, I would say that there should be an investigation into this.”
Reacting to the JKNC president’s statement, NCP-SCP chief Sharad Pawar said the central government should take Farooq Abdullah’s statement seriously. “Farooq Abdullah is the tallest personality of the Jammu and Kashmir…He spent his life serve the people of Jammu and Kashmir. I have no doubt about his integrity and honesty. If such a leader is making any statement then the central government, especially the home ministry, should take it seriously and try to work out on how that situation can be resolved,” Sharad Pawar said in Maharashtra’s Baramati.
BJP’s Ravinder Raina questions Abdullah
Questing the former J&K chief minister, Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina said, “Farooq Abdullah knows that this terrorism is coming from Pakistan… This is a well-known fact. What is there to investigate in this? He knows that the terrorist attacks that are taking place in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistan and terrorist organizations are involved in this… We all should support our army, police and security forces… We have to fight unitedly against those who are the enemies of humanity…”
