Srinagar, August 14: The brother of an active Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist has raised the national flag at his house in Sopore town of Bsiaramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir. Rayees Ahmad, the brother of Javed Ahmad who joined the terrorist ranks in 2009, waved the national tricolour from the first-floor veranda of his house. "I waved the tricolour on my own will. There was no pressure on me from anyone. This is the flag of my country which gives us everything. My brother made a mistake. I want to tell him, if he is alive, to return under our national flag," Rayees said. Jammu and Kashmir: Smart Fences and CCTV Camera Set Up Along LoC to Thwart Infiltration Attempts.

Sopore town in north Kashmir was a stronghold of militants and separatists for more than three decades before the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019. Independence Day 2023 Celebration in Punjab: CM Bhagwant Mann Dedicates 76 New Aam Aadmi Clinics To Commemorate 76th Year of India’s Freedom.

Rayees Mattoo Hoists Tiranga in Sopore

Several top separatist leaders, including Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Abdul Gani Bhat and Parliament attack convict Mohammad Afzal Guru, belonged to this area.

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