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Declaring someone a terrorist, associating with ISIS on basis of sutli bomb is pre-mature, says Mehbooba
Srinagar: Mehbooba Mufti, the President of the PDP while reacting over an ‘new ISIS module busted’ by the NIA, said that declaring some a terrorist on basis of a sutli bomb, associating them with the dreaded ISIS is pre mature.
In a tweet Mehbooba said:
National security is supreme. But declaring suspects as terrorists on the basis of Sutli bombs, associating with the dreaded IS is premature. It has already devastated their lives and families. NIA must learn from earlier episodes in which the accused were acquitted after decades
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 28, 2018
The former Chief Minister in another tweet said that during election time, such arrests by the NIA create suspicion.
Arrests by NIA in the election season do raise suspicion, especially after the urban Naxal case seems to be falling apart.National security is best served by being just and inclusive, not suspicious of an entire community
— Mehbooba Mufti (@MehboobaMufti) December 28, 2018
On Wednesday, security agencies carried out simultaneous raids in various parts of Delhi and Uttar Pradesh.NIA claimed that a locally-made rocket launcher, material for suicide vests and 112 alarm clocks to be used as timers were recovered from the searches.
Among the explosive recovered by the NIA there could be seen ‘sutli bombs,’ popular crackers that are widely available in the market.
Many on Twitter questioned the recovery of sutli bombs among explosives.
