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Pakistan man identifies himself as the father of Naved, the captured terrorist

by IBNS 07 Aug 2015, 09:31 am

New Delhi, Aug 7(IBNS) In a development which may leave Islamabad embarrassed, a Pakistan-based man has identified himself as the father of Mohammad Naved, the terrorist captured alive after the Udhampur terror attack.

According to a Hindustan Times report, when it contacted a man called Mohammad Yakub using a phone number disclosed to interrogators by Naved, he said, "You are calling from India. We’ll be killed. I am the unfortunate father."

Mohammad Yakub, in his conversation with Hindustan Times, also said that the terror group Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) and the Pakistani army wanted him and Naved dead.

 "I’ll be killed. The Lashkar is after us and the fauj is after us.... They probably wanted him dead and not caught alive. Please spare him," the Hindustan Times quoted Yakub as saying.

His declaration comes even as Pakistan denied Naved as a citizen of that country. 

 "Need cooperative approach, not blame game to combat terror. We expect Indian authorities to share necessary information about him with us to enable verification of his national status," Pakistan said on Thursday.

The report added that the call to Yakub was made at 1.22 pm and lasted for a minute and 20 seconds.

Naved was captured alive after he and another terrorist attacked a Border Security Force party, in which  two soldiers were killed. Naved's companion was also shot dead in the exchange of fire.