India Slams Pakistan’s “Duplicity” Over JeM Terrorist Masood Azhar, Demands Strong Action
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India has slammed Pakistan over its "duplicity" over Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) chief Masood Azhar and called on Islamabad to take "strong action" against the UN-designated terrorist.
The remarks from the Ministry of External Affairs came on Friday after reports of Azhar making a public speech in Pakistan's Bahawalpur.
MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said that if Masood Azhar is in Pakistan, it exposes the country's duplicity.
"He is an UN-designated terrorist. We demand that strong action be taken against him so that he is brought to justice. There has been a denial that he is not there in Pakistan. What you are referring to, if the reports are correct then it exposes the duplicity of Pakistan. Masood Azhar is involved in cross-border terror attacks in India. We want that strong action to be taken against him," he said in a weekly press briefing today.
Notably, JeM has been responsible for several terror incidents in India and had taken responsibility for the Pulwama terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir in 2019.