Punjab CMO, media water down Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist, refer to him as ‘Activist’
Realise that the Congress party which calls Hindus ‘Saffron terrorists’ treats the jihadi terrorists as an activist.
If the Congress Government was to treat a terrorist as activist, it would not be wrong. This goes to show that the Congress party is responsible for the increase and spread of jihadi terrorism in India
Chandigarh (Punjab) – Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh’s office on 26th April took to Twitter to appreciate Punjab Police in its breakthrough where they arrested one Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist and recovered Rs 29 lakh from him. Except, in its tweet, the Punjab Chief Minister whitewashed the terrorist and referred to him as an ‘activist’.
The terrorist was identified as one Hilal Ahmed Wagey is reportedly a resident of Nowgam in Pulwama, Kashmir. Many media outlets, too, referred to him as ‘activist’. Soon, Punjab Chief Minister and senior Congress leader Captain Amarinder Singh faced severe backlash for whitewashing the Hizbul terrorist by referring to him as activist. Soon after the backlash, CMO Punjab deleted the tweet and posted another tweet identifying Hilal as Hizbul terrorist this time.
In a major breakthrough, @PunjabPoliceInd has arrested a terrorist of Hizbul Mujahideen with a recovery of Indian currency worth ₹29 lakh from his possession. The Punjab Government has unwavering commitment to fighting terrorism. pic.twitter.com/U9SgQ7ptaX
— Government of Punjab (@PunjabGovtIndia) April 26, 2020
Hizbul Mujahideen is a Pakistan-sponsored designated terror group which carries out terrorist attacks on Indian soil on Indians. Hilal had reportedly visited Amritsar on instructions of the Chief of Hizbul Mujahideen Riyaz Ahmed Naiku, for collecting money. The money was delivered to him by an unidentified man on a two-wheeler.