LeT denies Nadimarg charges, targets DGP

‘‘Not to speak of innocents, the Lashkar cadre does not even approve of targeting fundamentalist and terrorist Hindu organisations,’’ he said.

Usama scoffed at the police, saying its claim of passing Zia Mustafa alias Abdullah Omar as the main plotter of Nadimarg was ‘‘flimsy’’ and ‘‘concocted’’. He said Mustafa was arrested on March 16 from his hideout in Anantnag, while the massacre took place a week later on March 23. He also claimed that no weapon or document were recovered from Mustafa at the time of his arrest.

Usama said the police’s refusal to allow Mustafa to talk to the media yesterday indicates that it was out ‘‘to blame our organisation’’. He charged that the massacre was the handiwork of Indian intelligence agencies.

Yesterday, police had claimed it had captured Mustafa, an LeT district commander, and recovered an AK-47, a wireless set and some ammunition from him. Later, Suri told newsmen that Mustafa had plotted the killing of the Kashmiri Pandits. Mustafa has confessed his involvement though he did not participate in the massacre, the DGP said.