For the second time in less than a week, a slain terrorist has been wrapped in a black flag resembling that of the ISIS during his funeral procession, setting alarm bells ringing among the security and political establishment in strife-torn Jammu and Kashmir.
Mukhtar Ahmad Lone alias Gazi Umer alias Bitta Molvi of Amirabad in Burhan Wani's hometown of Tral was among the three militants of Jaish-e-Mohommad killed at the Satoora forests on Saturday. Breaking from the tradition of wrapping bodies of terrorists in the Pakistani flag, youngsters wrapped the body of Lone in a black flag with Kalima (the first fundamental of Islam) inscribed on it.
If that was not enough, people also shouted slogans in favour of Zakir Musa — a Hizbul Mujahedeen leader who has gone rogue and called for a Caliphate and enforcing of Sharia in Kashmir. Slogans of "Musa Musa... Zakir Musa" rent the air as people joined the funeral prayers of the slain terrorist.
This is second time in less than a week that a militant has been wrapped in an ISIS-like flag in Kashmir. On Thursday, the body of slain Hizbul Mujahedeen terrorist Sajad Ahmad Gilkar of old Srinagar city was wrapped in an ISIS flag before he was buried. However, the family of Gilkar clarified that they did not wrap the body in the ISIS-like flag, but some youngsters did. The family added that they did not want to create a scene at the funeral.
