JuD medical team seeks Indian visa to visit Kashmir

New Delhi: A medical team belonging to the Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) has applied for a visa at the Indian High Commission to visit Kashmir.
According to reports, the visa has been sought on grounds of ‘offering help’ to those who suffered during the violent stone-throwing protests following the July 8 killing of top pro-Pakistan rebel commander Burhan Wani.
Notably, Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had hailed the slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander as a “martyr” who fought for Kashmir’s “Azadi”.
JuD chief Hafiz Saeed had announced on Sunday night that his team would seek permission to go to Kashmir.
He also said that Burhan had called him over the phone and informed about the operation he was working on.
Reacting to this, Home Minister Rajnath Singh said it amounted to an “open confession” of the Pakistani terrorist’s role in fomenting trouble in Kashmir. “The entire world should take note of it,” Singh said.
Saeed, who is wanted by India for his role in the 26/11 Mumbai attacks, that Burhan Wani had telephoned him and had apprised him of the operation he was working on.
“A few days before his martyrdom, Burhan Wani told me over the phone that it was his wish to talk to me. He told me that now his wish was fulfilled, he was waiting for martyrdom. A few days later news of his martyrdom came,” Saeed said while addressing the crowd.
The Lashkar-e-Toiba chief also said that Burhan was in contact with Hizbul Mujahideen chief Syed Salahuddin and other LeT commanders.
India has told Pakistan not to encourage people in Jammu and Kashmir to become terrorists and stop meddling in Kashmir affairs.