Making of a terrorist: Babri demolition triggered Masood Azhars jihad

January 15, 2016 12:11

"I remember the day I was standing there. In front of me lay the Babri Masjid in ruins. Angrily, I was stamping the ground, squashing the Indian soil with my shoes and saying, 'O Babri Masjid, we are ashamed, O Babri Masjid, we are sorry'you were a sign of our glorious past and we will not rest till we restore you to your former glory.''

These lines - translated by intelligence officials from tapes that sold openly in Bahawalpur, his home town in Pakistan's Punjab -- became part of speeches Masood Azhar gave to indoctrinate and motivate the militant cadre.

Read Harinder Baweja's report on how Babri demolition triggered Masood Azhars jihad

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