Quoting sources from Gujranwala, the Hindustan Times reported that the Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamaat-ud-Dawah cancelled plans to hold funeral prayers on Tuesday for a terrorist affiliated to LeT who was allegedly involved in the Uri attack, after the word spread to the Indian media.
The posters too were removed from the district.
Pakistan-based terror group Laskhar-e-Taiba, in posters allegedly made by them have claimed responsibility for the Uri attacks in September, that left 20 Indian soldiers dead.
The posters were the “first hard evidence for Indian allegations that the attacks were carried out by a Pakistan-based jihadist group,” The Indian Express reported.
Posters announcing that the terrorist group will be holding last rites for one of the four terrorists that attacked the Indian Army camp in Uri, appeared in the Gujranwala province of Pakistan.
The posters, proudly, claimed in Urdu that the “lion-hearted LeT member Abu Siraqa Muhammad Anas sent 177 Hindu soldiers to hell and thus became a martyr.”
The posters also bear an image of LeT chief Hafiz Saeed along with the photo of Muhammad Anas.
The funeral, the posters say, would be held at Sadabahar Nursery near Bada Nullah in Gujranwala.
Pakistani media however questioned the veracity of the posters and claimed it to be a hoax.
Senior journalist from Dawn, Abbas Nasir, tweeted saying that “a source in Gujranwala says the namaz has now been postponed”.
Syringes, painkillers and ready-to-eat food bearing markings of Pakistani manufacturers were recovered from the attackers, linking them to Pakistan.
Although India has claimed that terrorist groups based in Pakistan are responsible for the attack in Uri, Pakistan has categorically denied such claims, even in the international forums.
Pakistani Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif even alleged that India blamed Pakistan for Uri attacks without any investigation.
(With inputs from The Indian Express)