Just as the Indian security forces wound up an intense engagement with
militants holed up in Pathankot Air Base in Punjab, killing all six of
them, a group called the United Jihad Council (UJC) has claimed
responsibility for the attacks. This conglomerate of militant groups is
led by the Kashmir-based Hizb-ul-Mujahideen leader, Sayeed Salahudeen.
Hizb-ul-Mujahideen is also a constituent of the United Jihad
Council.According to media reports in Jammu & Kashmir, United Jihad
Council spokesperson Sadaqat Hussain issued a statement to a
Srinagar-based news agency CNS claiming responsibility for the attack
that has claimed the lives of seven Indian security personnel. According
to Greater Kashmir, Hussain accused the Indian government of suffering
from a Pakistan phobia. Heres what he said: By accusing Pakistan for
every attack, India neither succeeded in the past to malign the Kashmir
Freedom Struggle nor will it get anything in future through malicious
propaganda.The Indian government, on the other hand, speculated the role
of Pakistan based and Masood Azhar-led Jaish-e-Mohammad. Union Home
Minister Rajnath Singh said: The case will be probed by the NIA but the
possibility of JeM being behind the attack cannot be ruled
out.Jaish-e-Mohammads named cropped up after intelligence agencies
intercepted calls from a man in Bawahalpur in Pakistans Punjab province,
where the JeM is headquartered. The man spoke with a thick Punjabi
accent, and was heard telling his mother, I am going to be a martyr.
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