SRINAGAR:
Former militant-turned Congress MLA Usman Majeed today stoked a controversy by claiming he had met Tiger Memon after the 1993 Mumbai blasts in Pakistan Occupied Kashmir during which he seemed “worried” about his brother Yakub’s surrender fearing the ISI might kill him.
Majeed’s claim comes a day after Yakub was hanged in Nagpur Central Jail.
“I met Tiger in 1993. I met him 2-3 times. He used to come to our office in Muzaffarabad (capital of Pakistan Occupied Kashmir). I was not friends with Tiger. Hilal Beg, the founder of the Students Liberation Front and chief of Ikhwan-ul-Muslimeen militant outfit introduced me to him,” the MLA from north Kashmir’s Bandipora claimed.
He said Tiger had already carried out the bomb blasts in Mumbai when they met.
“He was most wanted that time in our country. He had carried out the blasts. I asked him how and why he had done it and what was the reason behind the blasts,” Majeed said.
“He replied that the main reason was the demolition of the Babri Masjid and the riots that followed it. He said people, including women, had come to him and told him that they were being killed and he had got emotional. That’s is why he carried out the blasts,” Majeed claimed.
He said Tiger had told him that ISI had planned and helped in carrying out the blasts.
“ISI helped Tiger in carrying out the blasts. It wasn’t Tiger himself who did it. According to Tiger, everything was done by Pakistan – the plan and the weaponry was provided by them (Pakistan) and the plan was executed by his (Tiger’s) gang on the directions of ISI,” he claimed.
The legislator also claimed that Tiger was worried after his brother Yakub had “surrendered” and feared that the ISI might kill him. (AGENCIES)
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