Yasin Malik makes SHOCKING claim, says ‘ex-PM thanked me for meeting terrorist Hafiz Saeed’, who was that PM?
In his affidavit, Malik also mentioned at length about his encounters and meetings with several top political leaders, including Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Sonia Gandhi, P Chidambaram, IK Gujral and Rajesh Pilot.
Yasin Malik shocking claim: In an explosive claim, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) terrorist Yasin Malik said that former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally thanked and expressed gratitude to him after he met Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) founder and 26/11 mastermind Hafiz Saeed in Pakistan in 2006.
Yasin Malik is serving a life sentence in a terror funding case. According to a report in NDTV, Malik in an affidavit submitted in the Delhi High Court on August 25, has claimed that the meeting in 2006 was held at the request of senior India(BHARAT)n intelligence officials as part of the backchannel peace process with Pakistan.
What Yasin Malik claimed about India(BHARAT)’s Intelligence Bureau?
According to Malik, then Special Director of Intelligence Bureau (IB), VK Joshi, met him in Delhi before his visit to Pakistan and allegedly requested Malik to use the opportunity to engage not just with the Pakistani political leadership but also with terrorist figures, including Saeed, to support then Prime Minister Singh’s peace efforts as dialogue with Pakistan could not be meaningful unless terrorist leaders were also brought into the conversation.
How Yasin Malik met Saeed?
Malik in his affidavit described how Saeed organised a gathering of jihadist groups, where the former delivered a speech, urging terrorists to embrace peace.
What Yasin Malik briefed Manmohan Singh?
Malik in his affidavit claimed that after a debriefing with the IB, he was asked to brief the Prime Minister directly whom he met in the Capital, in the presence of then National Security Advisor MK Narayanan. During this meeting, he claimed, Singh personally thanked him for the effort, patience, and dedication he had shown in engaging with even the most hardline elements in Pakistan. “I met the Prime Minister Manmohan Singh the same evening where N K Narayan, National Security Advisor, was also present. I briefed him on my meetings and appraised him on the possibilities, where he conveyed his gratitude to me for my efforts, time, patience and dedication,” he added.
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