Terror, Where Is ThyString?

According to the alleged interrogation report, in 1995 Chand Khan, a mechanic, moved from Bareilly in UP to Anantnag in the Kashmir valley. Khan was introduced to Abu Zubair, Lashkar-e-Toiba commander of the Shopian district, in August 2000 at Zargar’s house. It was apparently Zubair who later motivated Khan to avenge the Gujarat riots. As per the interrogation report, on September 18 last year Zubair again took Khan to Zargar’s house where he was introduced to Shakeel and Abdullah, the two Lashkar militants who actually carried out the attack. The next day the three left for Bareilly in an Ambassador. On September 22, the three left for Jaipur from where they reached Ahmedabad. Meanwhile, Zargar’s main opponent, National Conference’s Sakina Itto, has alleged he has close connections with terrorists. According to her, while she was campaigning for the state elections under heavy security, Zargar was moving around freely. She has threatened to file a pil on Zargar’s links with terrorists.