Terrorist outfit Jamiat-ul-Mujahideen on Wednesday threatened to kill Hurriyat chairman Maulana Mohammad Abbas Ansari and other leaders of his faction, a day after Centre announced the dates for talks with the separatist amalgam. At least two other terrorist outfits have issued similar threats to the leaders before. "Ansari and his colleagues are hereby warned not to kneel at the doorsteps of New Delhi or else they will face dire consequences," the outfit's self-styled field commander general Mohammad Umer said in Srinagar. "Ansari and his colleagues will be done to death one by one," he said.
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The terrorist group accused Ansari and former Hurriyat chairmen Abdul Ghani Bhat and Umar Farooq of a "sell out".
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Meanwhile, authorites beefed up security around Ansari and other leaders of his faction of the Hurriyat. Security has been beefed up around Hurriyat leaders, including Ansari, after a review of their threat perception following the Centre's invitation to them for talks, police sources said. Though the Hurriyat leaders were already under police protection, their seucity cover had been strengthened with deployment of more personnel as some militant organisations were not happy with Ansari and his colleagues holding talks with the Centre, they said. |