JKLF terrorist Yasin Malik claims India sent him to meet Hafiz Saeed, Manmohan Singh was briefed

In a shocking claim, jailed JKLF terrorist Yasin Malik has told the Delhi High Court that his 2006 meeting in Pakistan with Lashkar-e-Taiba founder and 26/11 Mumbai attack mastermind Hafiz Saeed was not his own initiative but was arranged at the request of senior Indian intelligence officials.

 

 

Malik, who is serving a life sentence in a terror-funding case, said he later personally informed then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and National Security Advisor N.K. Narayanan about the meeting, and that the PM even thanked him for the effort.

 

 

He said the meeting happened when he was in Pakistan for earthquake relief work and was part of a back channel peace process. “I was helping India in peace talks, but later my meeting was twisted to label me a terrorist. This is betrayal,” Malik said in his affidavit.

 

 

Yasin Malik is accused of killing four Indian Air Force officers in Srinagar in January 1990. In his affidavit, Malik further claimed that after the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A of the Constitution of India, his 2006 meeting was presented in a misleading way to justify UAPA charges against him, even though the talks were held openly and he had informed India’s top leadership about them.

 

 

These claims come at a time when the High Court is hearing the NIA’s demand to change Malik’s life sentence into a death penalty in a 2017 terror funding case. The court has given him time till November 10 to reply.

 

 

In 2022, a trial court sentenced Malik to life under the Unlawful Activities Prevention Act (UAPA) after he pleaded guilty.

 

 

If true, Malik’s revelations could raise big questions about the UPA government’s handling of national security and its secret peace dealings.