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Jammu,June 18
While the IB is yet to complete its investigation in
the recent circulation of a compact disc carrying a
statement from Al Qaeda Chief in
India,Abu Abdul
Rehman Al-Ansari,in which he had announced Jehad
against India,the state intelligence agencies,after
their probe in the matter,have found no evidence
to
the presence of Al Qeda in Kashmir.
Official sources said today "we have found a number
of contradictions in the CD statement.Our field
investigations revealed that the circulation of the CD
was simply an attempt
at confusing the security
agencies and at causing scare among people."
The sources said that neither the police nor the
intelligence sleuths found any evidence to the Al
Qaeda claim that 1000 copies of the CD had been
distributed in mosques across Kashmir which
established that some militant outfit had been behind
the prepartion of the CD.The sources said that had
there been Al Qeda presence in Kashmir atleast one or
two of its activists would have fallen in the net of
the security forces.
The claim of the state intelligence agency was
endorsed by the GOC-in-Chief,Northern Command,Lt.Gen.
H.S.Panag who told mediamen today that "though Indian
intelligence agencies have yet to complete
investigation in the circulation of Al Qeda CD we have
not found any
presence of Al Qaeda in the state."He
said that several years ago one Afghan militant
operating in Jammu and Kashmir had been linked to Al
Qaeda but later it was established that he did not
belong to the outfit.
One senior police officer said that since the rise
of militancy in Kashmir rebel outfits went on
mushrooming and a stage came where the state had over
100 outfits.This was followed by mergers and winding
up of shops by some militant groups and there were not
more than six outfits operating in Jammu and Kashmir
at present.Besides this militant outfits keep on
changing their nomenclature.Citing instances he said
that Lashkar-i-Toiba is an offshoot of Harkatul Ansar
amd reports suggest that Lashkar-i-Toiba was
changing
its name to Kashmir Freedom Force
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