Click to play videoNew Delhi: Pakistani handlers were in constant contact with the two terrorists who were holed up inside a Srinagar hotel and the engaged security personnel in a 22-hour long gunbattle that ended on Thursday.
The handlers were heard constantly encouraging the two terrorists and asking them to inflict more damage on the security forces and to prolong the siege.
CNN-IBN has a tape in which the Pakistani handlers are heard telling the telling Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists to kill more security personnel and to reignite violence in the Valley.
Transcript of the conversation between Pakistani handlers and terrorists inside the hotel:
January 6: 2105 hrs IST to 2114 hrs IST:
Pakistani Handler: So how are you? Hard work is paying off. These people are now hiding. If only they come out, we can shoot them in the head.
Qari (terrorist inside the hotel): They have a van and they are firing from behind it, and the armymen then throw something from within.
Saifullah (Pakistani handler): Shoot them in the head. Wait for daylight, then start your fight again.
January 7: 0741 hrs IST to 0745 hrs IST
Junaid (Pakistani handler): Theek Ho? (Are you okay?)
Terrorist at Lal Chowk, Srinagar: We are fighting the enemy.
Junaid (Pakistani handler): You have breathed life into a dead horse. Your sacrifice and courage will have a good impact on the movement in Kashmir. The movement in Kashmir will once again get direction and importance. You attack has had a real good impact.
Terrorist at Lal Chowk, Srinagar: Why not? We are working hard. Other brothers should also work hard. All well at home?
Junaid (Pakistani handler): They are all praying for you. Just try to keep this going for as long as you can.
Terrorist at Lal Chowk, Srinagar: We will fight them till we have ammunition.
Junaid (Pakistani handler): Yes but with caution. One-one, two-two... keep them engaged... ensure they incur maximum loss.
Terrorist at Lal Chowk, Srinagar: Absolutely, they have already incurred losses in lakhs. This fight started at 1 pm (1300 hrs IST) yesterday (Wednesday) and continued through the night and is still going on.
January 7, 0844 hrs IST
Pakistani handler: How many are there?
Terrorist: Two. By the grace of Allah, Qari sahib has attained martyrdom. He will soon breath his last
Pakistani handler: May Allah accept his martyrdom
Terrorist: Pray for me too that I also attain martyrdom.
Pakistani handler: Don't talk about martyrdom now. There is lot of work to be done now. You have to kill more of them. You have to do more such acts.
The gunbattle ended with the death of both the terrorists - one of them a Pakistani. Two security personnel and a civilian were also killed in the gunbattle.
Eight other people including the cameraperson of a news channel were injured and over 100 civilians were rescued from the hotels where the terrorists were holed up.
The terrorists were armed with AK-47s and grenades.
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