The National Investigation Agency (NIA) has informed on Wednesday that terror outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba and the Pakistan army have been fuelling large scale protests in Kashmir in the wake of killing of Hizbul terrorist Burhan Wani .

NIA IG Sanjeev Kumar said in a press briefing in Delh, “LeT is being helped by Pakistan army in spreading unrest in the Kashmir valley.” He added, "Pakistan army officers in civilian clothes visit LeT facilities and are referred to as Major Saheb and Capt Saheb”.

The NIA said thaqt this was one of many revelations made by Bahadur Ali , a LeT terrorist who was caught by a security officers on July 25. The NIA also released a video of Ali's confession.

Ali, aka Abu Saifullah, was caught in Kashmir. The NIA informed that he was recruited by Pakistan-based terrorist outfit Jamaat-ud-Dawa and was radicalised by the LeT . Later, Ali underwent three rounds of training with the LeT at Manshera, Aksa and Muzaffarabad.

Ali confessed that there were 30-50 trainees from different corners of Pakistan and Afghanistan at the training camps of LeT. He also claimed that Pakistani military officers came to meet him while he was leaving for India. They were referred to as Major Saab and Captain Saab.

Pakistani military and other forces had been running a command centre called Alpha-3 in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir(PoK), to execute terrorist operations in India.

Alpha-3, the control room of LeT, is a tactical position on a high point in PoK, a line of sight communication centre, from where the terrorists could communicate with ground terrorists in a wide range in the Kashmir valley.

The NIA also informed that highly qualified people trained Ali.

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By Prakriti Neogi