Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) Chief, Mehmood Shah Friday paid glowing tributes to Hizb commander, Burhan Wani, who was killed in a gunfight in Kokernag.
In a statement issued here, LeT chief spokesman, Dr. Abdullah Gaznavi quoted the LeT chief Mehmood Shah as paying tributes to Burhan and stating that “Burhan showed the way to Kashmiri nation that for winning freedom, they needed to join the field.”
Gaznavi quoted Shah as saying that Burhan had kept “Indian forces on tenterhooks and carried scathing attacks on them and was finally martyred which is a desire of every Mujahid.”
The LeT spokesman said Shah prayed to Almighty Allah to accept “Burhan’s martyrdom and grant him a place in Jannat-ul-Firdous”.
Quoting the LeT chief, Gaznavi said Burhan had been “a torchbearer in showing the path to Kashmiri nation.”
The LeT spokesman quoted Shah as saying that the fourth generation of Kashmiris was fighting for Kashmir and entire Kashmiri nation was ready to offer sacrifices and urged people to participate in Burhar’s funeral.