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| Hizb had owned terrorist who attacked Lt Gen Bikram Singh | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, Jan 29 : Pakistan-based terror outfit Hizbul Mujahideen had claimed responsibility for the attack on Lt Gen Bikram Singh in 2001 when he was a Brigadier in South Kashmir, an incident which was in news recently when a woman filed a petition in Jammu and Kashmir High Court seeking reinvestigation. According to a statement issued by the Hizbul Mujahideen on March two, 2001 published in local media, the terror outfit praised Ghulam Mohiudeen Rabbani alias "Mohiudeen Chacha" for killing a colonel and seriously injuring Singh, who had to be airlifted to Delhi for treatment. However, a woman identfiied as Zaituna , who has filed a writ petition, claimed that the man dubbed as Pakistani militant was actually her son Abdullah Bhat, a daily wage labourer. The Hizbul Mujahideen's statement had identified Rabbani as a resident of Malakand in North West Frontier Province and praised him for killing the Army officer and sacrificing his own life to enable other terrorists to escape. According to police investigation, Rabbani was a 54-year-old man on the day of encounter and a grenade had also been recovered from his pouch. The case was in news again after a petition was filed before the High Court in October 2011 by Zaituma seeking reinvestigation of the incident that took place on March 1, 2001 at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag district of Kashmir. Brigadier Bikram Singh, now a Lt Gen, was passing through Janglaat Mandi opposite the government hospital in Anantnag in a convoy on the day of the incident. He was returning from a visit to Khandroo village. Colonel J P Jaanu, commanding officer of the 120 Territorial Army battalion, and another soldier were killed on the spot.
The High Court while hearing the petition on October 27, 2011, had directed the state government, Defence Ministry and Superintendent of Police Anantnag to file their response before next date of hearing scheduled for second week of February. According to the fresh police investigation, Rabbani had carried out the attack with the help of other terrorists after properly monitoring the activity of Brigadier Singh, official sources said. The sources said that Rabbani had even stayed in counter-insurgency camp in the guise of a surrendered militant to carry out the planning to attack the army officers. The then Home Minister of the state Ali Mohammed Sagar had also replied in the state legislative assembly after the incident that a Pakistani national Mohi-ud-din, in the guise of a beggar, opened fire on army officers and others at Janglat Mandi in Anantnag resulting in the killings. |
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