Jammu, Sept 14: The army today arrested a top Lashkar-e-Toiba who is a Paksitani national in Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir who said terrorist outfits openly run their offices and training camps in that country and Pakistani army does everything to facilitate infiltration of ultras into Jammu and Kashmir.
Mohd Shezad, 25-year-old resident of lathiwala village in Pakistan's Faisalabad district and LeT commander in Banihal in Doda district, was arrested in injured condition after a day-long encounter in Neel area in Doda district yesterday.

Shezad rubbished Pakistan's disclaimers that it did not provide any help to militants and said LeT and other terrorist outfits openly run their offices in his native district and other places to lure youth into jehad in Jammu and Kashmir through literature and other means.

He said infiltrating terrorists are lodged at Pakistan Army's border posts before being pushed into J&K. "If necessary, covering fire is also provided by Pakistan Army to facilitate infiltration," said Shehzad citing his personal experience.

I too was motivated to join in as I was told that mosques are burnt down in J&K and Muslims are oppressed here. But I did not find anything of that sort happening here, he said.

Shehzad said he underwent eight months training with at least 1000 other terrorists at one of the 10 camps of LeT in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

Bureau Report