Dujana rejected surrender offer just before Pulwama encounter
Dreaded Lashkar-eToiba (LeT) militant Abu Dujana apparently rejected an offer to surrender made by the security forces minutes before the encounter that led to his killing along with an aide in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district.
According to a recording of a purported telephonic conversation between Dujana and an unnamed officer of the security forces, the LeT militant commander said, “Why should I surrender? I have left (home) for martyrdom. I have to die either today or tomorrow.”
The officer made attempts to get the militant to give up by reminding him of his family.
“I have not married. This is propaganda. My parents were dead for me the day I left them,” he retorted.
When the officer said that he must be aware that the conflict in Kashmir “is a game”, Abu Dujana replied “I know the system. I know everything. What can I do, if anyone wants to play a game. I have to tread my own path”.
Dujana, believed to be in his late 20s, was killed on Tuesday in a well-planned operation by a joint team of the Jammu and Kashmir Police, Army and CRPF in Pulwama district of south Kashmir.
The alleged conversation continued with the wanted militant having a laugh when the officer told him how he has travelled distances to get him. “When we played ‘chor-sipahi’. Sometimes we are ahead, sometimes you. Today you caught me, congratulations,” he said.
The officer responded by saying he was only doing his duty.
“I will fulfil my duty,” the militant replied.
The officer tells Abu Dujana that no one wants to kill anyone.
“That’s okay, but whoever gave you the information wants me dead,” the militant said.
“Listen to me, I cannot surrender. I know you have no animosity with me and that you are fulfilling your duty and I am mine. You do your duty and whatever is written in my fate, Allah will do that,” he added.
The Pakistan government website was on Thursday reportedly hacked briefly by unknown hackers who posted the Indian national anthem and Independence Day greetings on the web page.
The website displayed a message showing “Hacked by Ne0h4ck3r” sometime in the afternoon.
The hackers posted Ashoka Chakra in Tricolour, along with Indian Independence Day message.
The greetings’ headline read “15 August, Happy Independence Day”.
The message posted thereafter read “Freedom in the Mind, Faith in the words...Pride in our Souls...Let’s salute those great men, who made this possible”.
The message was followed by the Indian national anthem “Jana gana Mana...”.
There was no official response from the foreign office in Islamabad and the Pakistan high commission in New Delhi.