INDIA
J&K Director General of Police said that the claims need verification & so far there are no traces of IS in the valley
Amid growing concerns, the Jammu and Kashmir police have launched a full-fledged investigation into the claims of the dreaded Islamic State's foray into the valley.
Amaq News Agency of the Islamic State (IS) on Monday had claimed the terror attack in Srinagar on Sunday. Constable Farooq Ahmad was killed when militants attacked the police guard at the residence of moderate Hurriyat Conference leader Fazal Haq Qureshi at Bilal Colony Soura on the outskirts of Srinagar on Sunday. Militants also decamped with his rifle.
Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir, told DNA that the claims need verification and so far there are no traces of IS in the valley.
"They (IS) are claiming but it needs verification. If it (their claims) is true, then it is a matter of worry. But I want to make it clear that these claims need verification. So far we have not found any traces (of IS) on ground," Dr Vaid said.
Police sources said there is no physical presence of IS in the valley though some militants may be influenced by their ideologies.
"Yes, some militants might be influenced and driven by radical IS ideology. But, there is no physical presence of IS in the valley. In the past, bodies of some slain militants were wrapped in black IS flags during funeral procession, but it was not an organized thing," said an intelligence officer.
Police has zeroed-in on the engineering drop-out turned militant Mohammad Eisa Fazili of Soura Srinagar, who is being seen as the prime suspect in Sunday's attack.
Police said two to three militants, armed with pistol, had shot dead Constable Farooq before decamping with his riffle. The 25-year-old Eisa was in B.Tech (second year) at Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah University in Rajouri, when he dropped out to join the militant ranks in Kashmir.
Police records show that Eisa had joined Tehreek-ul-Mujhadeen. Coming from an affluent family, Eisa's father is the principal of a government higher secondary school.
Soon after he became a militant, he had posted a video on social networking sites preaching Jihad.
This is not the first time that IS has claimed responsibility for the attack. Amaq News Agency of Islamic State had owned the attack in Zakura area of Srinagar on November 17. A police sub inspector was killed and an SPO was injured in the attack. In retaliatory action, one militant Mugees Ahmad Mir was killed and another captured by the security forces. Mugees's body was later wrapped in black IS flag before he was buried.
Last month, Union Home Minister of State, Hansraj Ahir told Rajya Sabha: "As per the report, nothing has been approved on the ground that ISIS is operating in any part of the Kashmir valley."
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