BJP IT Cell chief Amit Malviya, on Saturday, alleged a sinister collaboration between Palestine-based militant outfit, Hamas, and Pakistan-based terror groups in orchestrating Tuesday's ghastly terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pahalgam, which claimed the lives of 26 civilians, mostly tourists.
Taking to microblogging site X, Malviya has outlined key points, underlining that the attack bears striking similarities to tactics employed by Hamas and was carried out by four militants - two Pakistani nationals and two locals.
"The attack in Pahalgam, involving four militants (two Pakistani, two local), resembled Hamas-style operations", he wrote on X.
He claimed the attackers were trained in terror camps located in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), where Hamas has reportedly embedded training modules within Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) camps, allegedly supported by Pakistan’s intelligence agency, the ISI.
Explaining further along the lines, the BJP leader referenced a February 5 event in Rawalakot, PoK, where several Hamas leaders, recently released by Israel, were hosted by the Pakistani government. He even attached a video of the alleged event to his post.
The event, titled “Kashmir Solidarity and Hamas Operation Al Aqsa Flood”, featured prominent Hamas figures, including Dr. Khalid Qaddoumi and Dr. Naji Zaheer, sharing the stage with LeT and JeM commanders.
Malviya said the rally sought to equate the struggles in Kashmir and Palestine and promote pan-Islamic unity against India and Israel.
He further alleged that last October, the ISI facilitated a radicalisation campaign in Bangladesh's Dhaka, where Hamas leaders reportedly engaged with local Islamist groups to promote jihadist sentiment targeting India’s northeast states.
The event, writes Malviya, was hosted by Al Markazul Islami, an outfit with known al-Qaeda links, and attended by Hamas figures like Sheikh Khaled Quddumi and Pakistani clerics, including Mufti Taqi Usmani and Maulana Fazlur Rahman.
Tensions have been running high between India and Pakistan since Tuesday's deadly attack in the Baisaran Valley near Pahalgam, in Jammu and Kashmir’s Anantnag district. that claimed the lives of 26 people and injured several others.
The Resistance Front (TRF), a proxy of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba, claimed responsibility.
A day after the attack, the Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS), chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, announced a series of sharp retaliatory measures against Islamabad, including the suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty, expulsion of Pakistani military attaches, and the closure of the Wagah-Attari Integrated Check Post.
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