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Jammu: Security agencies on July 22 claimed that Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) was behind the attack on the Army camp at Akhnoor, in which seven jawans were killed and the lesser-known militant outfit, Al-Shuhda Brigade, which claimed the responsibility was a shadow group of the outfit.

The attack on the camp was carried out to protest visiting Pakistani Opposition leader Fazal-ur Rahman's remarks that line of control (LoC) should be converted into a permanent border and Kashmir issue should be resolved within the framework of Simla agreement, a hand written press release faxed by the outfit from Srinagar to PTI office said.

Al-Shuhda Brigade wants to make Rahman realise that his statements would have no bearing on 'jihad' in Kashmir, the outfit said.

"We are of the view that self-seeking Muslims have always damaged the cause of Islam and Fazal-ur Rahman is the chip of the old block. He has hurt the feelings of Kashmiri Muslims," the release said.

Informed sources said Al-Shuhda was only a cover name used by LeT to avoid international criticism. The outfit had used such cover names earlier in the past.

Interestingly, Pakistani weekly 'The Friday Times' had reported last week that militant groups like Lashkar were baffled with the visit of Rahman to India.

"Jihad is the only solution to the Kashmir problem," the weekly quoted Hafeez Mohammed Saeed, chief of the Lashkar, who has renamed the outfit as Dawat-ul-Irshad.

PTI