New Delhi: Entrance Chief Yasin Malik of Jammu and Kashmir’s Liberation is argued that he’s a part of Pakistan’s back-channel diplomacy in peace course of and is certain by successive governments led by Atal Bihari Vajpaypei and Manmohan Singh.
Moreover, he additionally allegedly had been contacted by senior intelligence officers, together with present nationwide safety adviser Ajit Doval, to offer some confidential points associated to Kashmir and Pakistan.
Malik, who’s serving a life sentence in a terrorist funding case, made these claims in a self-supported affidavit earlier than the Delhi Excessive Courtroom in response to a plea by the Nationwide Investigation Company that sought his dying penalty.
The Excessive Courtroom final month had sought Malik’s response to the NIA plea. Malik was convicted for his lifetime by the Delhi Courtroom in Could 2022.
The terrorist funding instances the place Malik was convicted embody the chief of Rashkar Etaiba, Hafiz Muhammad Sayed, separatist Shabir Ahmad Shah, chief of Hizbul Mujahiden Sayed Salahuddin, Rashid Engineer (now a member of the Congress), Zahor Ahmad Shah Watai and different segregation leaders.
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In a 85-page submission filed earlier than Delhi HC, Malik allegedly had his first passport issued through the Vajpayee authorities in 2001, together with a journey allow to Pakistan. Regardless of searching of the round form in opposition to him, permission was granted.
Malik claimed he loved this privilege as he needed necessary folks within the Vajapai authorities to assist the Prime Minister in pursuit of peace with Islamabad. He claims he was approached by folks concerned within the peace course of via each tracks.
Beneath the primary observe, he claimed that IB’s particular supervisor, Doval, met him in New Delhi. He was additional taken to Brajshumishra, the nationwide safety adviser of the then IB chief Shamaldatta and Vajapai. Malik claims in his affidavit. Earlier than these conferences, Malik allegedly in 1999 Doval visited him at Tihar Jail to tell him that he was being launched from jail. The Vajpayee authorities introduced a ceasefire with Pakistan at Ramzan in 2000.
“Each of them (Shamal Datta and Braj Mishra) have mentioned that the Prime Minister is severe within the session course of to resolve the Kashmir difficulty and may assist his Ramzan ceasefire,” Malik argued.
Within the subsequent observe, he claimed that Pakistani Vajpayee interlocutor RK Mishra had invited him to a number of conferences with NSA Mishra. “Each tracks have requested an official assertion from themselves as JKLF Chairman from the management of the APHC (all occasion Hurriyat Convention).(sic)
“I replied that I’d strive my degree. From Delhi, I referred to as Rafeeq Darr, JKLF, JKLF, and suggested me to rearrange a name with the Chief of United Jihad Council Sayeed Salaudin, affidavit.
“My suggestion to you is that I welcome the ceasefire and solely Ramzan Ceasefire won’t work. The ceasefire should proceed with the management of Naga Mulitants in third nations as effectively. (sic)He additional insisted.
“Prime Minister Vajpayee has given us a message of gratitude for his efforts via RK Mishra,” Mallik argued in his affidavit.
Malik additional claimed that it was roped in 2006 by a Manmohan Singh led authorities. He claimed that he had knowledgeable him of the then IB Particular Director VK Joshi concerning the Cupboard Committee on Safety, which had visited Pakistan by the chief of Kashmiri, visiting Pakistan via Muzafarabad, Kashmirbaiz, who had attended Pakistan.
Malik additional claimed that Joshi had knowledgeable him about getting him permission to journey to Pakistan instantly, however that got here a number of days after the decision.
“This was a really public occasion and was reported by media all over the world (together with Indian and Pakistani media and worldwide press). We had been company of the Pakistani nation and subsequently hosted by political leaders, native MLAs, authorities officers and most significantly, the then Prime Minister and Pakistani president and president high brass.
Relating to the fees made by the NIA relating to the conspiracy with Hafiz Stated, Malik claimed that he had met the cooperative chief at Joshi’s request, who requested him to assist strengthen dialogue within the pursuit of peace.
He went on to assert that upon his return, Joshi met him in New Delhi and requested that the Prime Minister see him for an appreciation of the assembly, which was additionally attended by then-Nationwide Safety Advisor MK Narayanan.
“I defined to him (Prime Minister Manmohan Singh) at my assembly and evaluated him concerning the prospects. (sic). But when I am fortunate, this assembly of Hafizsaid and different extremist leaders in Pakistan, who was solely began and executed on the request of Particular Director IB VK Joshi, was portrayed in a distinct context in opposition to me,” Malik additional argued within the affidavit.
(Edited by Ajet Tiwari)
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