In a 7 minute audio message of Militant Commander, Riyaz Naikoo that has gone viral on various social media platforms, Naikoo accuses Government agencies of forcing the families of the militants to record videos pleading return of their militant members.
Naikoo is heard saying that “After Majid Khan returned home, not a single family has issued appeals of return to their members on their own. It is agencies that force the families to record such videos.”
“These are tactics of forces to weaken our resolve but we want to assure everyone that neither the families want to force our boys back nor do the boys themselves want to return,” Naikoo is heard saying in the statement.
“We didn't allow Majid to return only because of his mother’s pleas but because of the fact that he himself wanted to return,” Naikoo added.
Addressing mothers of the militants, Naikoo has said that to be part of the armed fight is imperative and that emotions alone won't work.
"Hence the boys are out to fight," he says in the video message.