Foreign-funded Islamist hit squads on a mission to eliminate Hindus

India

oi-Vicky Nanjappa

An
Intelligence
Bureau
official
says
that
such
hit
squads
are
being
formed
following
a
clarion
call
by
the
Islamic
Courts
which
have
been
specifically
set
up
to
target
Hindus
in
India.

New
Delhi,
Aug
10:
The
nation
has
witnessed
a
spate
of
targeted
killings
of
Hindus
in
recent
months.
There
have
also
been
targeted
attacks
on
Hindus
and
its
leaders
by
radical
Islamists
in
addition
to
violence
and
vandalism
from
all
the
corners
of
the
country.

The
Karnataka
police,
which
is
probing
the
killing
of
BJP
worker
Praveen
Nettar,
has
learnt
that
a
hit
squad
was
formed
by
these
radical
elements.
While
the
squad
managed
to
murder
Praveen,
they
were
unsuccessful
in
murdering
two
other
Hindus
who
they
had
identified
and
placed
on
their
hit-list.

The
investigators
learnt
about
the
hit
squad
following
the
arrests
of
Abid
and
Naufal.
The
accused
persons
had
met
several
times
in
Sullia,
Karnataka
to
plan
these
murders,
the
police
also
learnt.

NIA’s
pan-India
raids
reveal
Islamic
State’s
targets
in
India
are
Hindus,
Hindu
temples

The
National
Investigation
Agency
(NIA)
too
is
probing
the
case.
An
official
that
OneIndia
spoke
with
said
that
similar
hit
squads
had
been
formed
to
murder
Kanhaiya
Lal
in
Udaipur
and
Umesh
Kolhe
in
Amaravati.
On
August
4,
a
23-year-old
man
Pratik
Pawar
was
attacked
with
sharp
weapons
by
a
violent
mob
in
Ahmednagar
district
of
Maharashtra.

Another
common
aspect
in
these
murders
is
that
the
accused
were
known
to
the
victim.
In
Kolhe
murder
case,
it
was
found
that
Yusuf
Khan
and
he
were
good
friends.
He
was
the
one
who
forwarded
Kolhe’s
message
on
Nupur
Sharma
to
some
radicals
who
eventually
went
on
to
kill
him.
Khan
had
even
attended
Kolhe’s
funeral
after
the
murder.

While
these
are
the
localised
hit-squads,
a
similar
modus
operandi
has
also
been
found
at
a
larger
level.
The
D-Syndicate
has
been
tasked
on
numerous
occasions
by
the
ISI
to
carry
out
targeted
hits
on
Hindus.
These
cases
were
reported
from
states
such
as
Gujarat.
In
2016,
this
syndicate
murdered
two
Hindu
leader
Pragnesh
Mistry
and
Shirish
Bengali.
The
entire
operation
was
headed
by
Javed
Chikna,
a
key
Dawood
Ibrahim
man
and
he
had
many
more
leaders
from
Gujarat
on
the
hit
list.

An
Intelligence
Bureau
official
says
that
such
hit
squads
are
being
formed
following
a
clarion
call
by
the
Islamic
Courts
which
have
been
specifically
set
up
to
target
Hindus
in
India.

Towards
a
Hindu-less
world:
This
mission
tops
Naxals’
and
Radical
Islamists’
agenda

The
hit-squads
or
the
Dawah
team
not
just
carry
out
murders
of
the
Hindus,
but
are
also
tasked
with
converting
them
to
Islam.
Those
who
oppose
it
are
targeted,
the
official
cited
above
said
while
quoting
the
Ramalingam
case
in
Thanjavur.

In
this
context,
one
also
has
to
take
into
account
the
killing
of
Hindu
workers
Rudresh
and
Harsha
in
Karnataka
and
the
murder
of
Hindu
Munnnai
worker
K
P
Suresh
Kumar.

In
2019
radical
Islamists
also
carried
out
the
killing
of
a
Hindu
leader,
Kamlesh
Tiwari
in
Surat.
He
was
shot
dead
by
Sheikh
Ashfaq
Hussain
and
Pathan
Moinuddin
Ahmed.

Similar
incidents
have
also
been
reported
from
Punjab
and
these
too
were
carried
out
by
the
hit-squads.
The
murder
of
Punjab
RSS
deputy
chief,
Jagdish
Gagnega
in
Punjab
is
an
example
of
this.
This
murder
was
carried
out
by
the
Khalistan
Liberation
Force
at
the
behest
of
the
ISI.

Blood
on
their
hands:
Are
Islamic
Courts
targeting
Hindus
to
raise
fear,
terror?

The
agencies
have
learnt
that
the
killing
of
Hindus
by
the
hit
squads
are
part
of
an
international
conspiracy
and
funds
for
the
same
have
come
in
from
Pakistan,
Italy
and
Canada.