Aapne ek murde ghodey mein dobara jaan daali hai

January 7: 7.41 am to 7.45 pm

Pak Caller Junaid: Theek Ho? Are you okay?

Militant: Bas lad rahe hain,lad rahe hain dushman ke saath. We are fighting the enemy.

Junaid: Bas is-se hua hai ki aapne ek murde ghodey mein dobara jaan daali hai. Inshallah aapki is qurbani se aapki is himmat se,tehreek-e-Kashmir mein inshallah achcha assar padega. Aur Kashmir ki tehreek jo hai na,dobara usi nehej pe aayegi. Bada achcha assar pad raha hai iska. You have breathed life into a dead horse. Your sacrifice and courage will have a good impact on the movement in Kashmir. And the Kashmir movement will once again get direction and importance. It has really had a good impact.

Militant: Inshallah,kyon nahi8230; hum to mehnat kar rahein hain is kaam ke upar8230; har ek bhai ko karni chahiye iske upar mehnat8230; ghar mein sab theek hai? Why not? We are working hard. Other brothers should also work hard. All well at home?

Junaid: Aapki dua kar rahe hain8230; They are all praying for you Baaki jitni der chala sakein inko to utna chalaein. Just try to keep this going for as long as you can.

Miltant: Asla jab tak hamare paas hai to ladenge inke saath. We will fight them till we have ammunition.

Junaid: Haan,bas etihaat ke saath8230; jo bas ek-ek,do-do8230; inhe masroof rakhein8230; isse inka zyada se zyada kharcha hoga. Yes but with caution. One-one,two-two8230; keep them engaged8230; ensure they incur maximum loss

Militant: Bilkul,bilkul. Inko lakhon ke hisaab se kharcha hua hai. Kal ek baje se shuru hai na fight8230; raat bhar chalti rahi hai aur abhi bhi chal rahi hai. Absolutely,they have already incurred losses in lakhs. This fight started at 1 pm yesterday and continued through the night and is still going on.

The conversations suggest that

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Aapne ek murde ghodey mein dobara jaan daali hai

the militants got several calls,some possibly from other militants in the Valley. In fact,the handlers did not even seem to know that one of the militants,Manzoor Ahmed Bhatt,who went by the code name Usman,was Kashmiri. They seemed to be more familiar with Abu Qari,the Pakistani militant. As this conversation shows.

January 6: 8.55 pm to 8.57 pm

Junaid: Achchi karawahi ho rahi haitotal kitney saathi hain? Nice work,how many of you?

Usman: Hum do saathi hain 8211; ek Pakistani aur main Kashmiri hoon8230; hum lad rahein hain na bhai bhai. Dushman ne hamein gher liya hai,makaan se lad rahe hain. There are two of us. One Pakistani,and I am a Kashmiri. The enemy has surrounded us and we are fighting from a house.

The calls from Pakistan handlers were intended to both motivate and instruct. Besides Junaid,one Saifullah who seems to be the leader was giving directions. Intelligence sources said these could be all code names.

January 6: 9.05 pm to 9.14 pm

Pakistani Militant Abu Qari: Kya haal hai buzurgon? Mehnat zaaya nahi hoga,rang laayega8230; bas abhi chhupey huey hain8230; log bahar nahin nikal rahein hain taki ham inki khopdi mein marey ek do. So how are you? Hard work is paying off8230; these people are now hiding. If only they come out,we can shoot them in the head8230;

Pak handler Saifullah: Inshallah,niklenge aur zaroor maar khayenge8230; koshish karein ki kafi time nikle,aaj raat bhi nikle aur kal din bhi nikalni chahiye. They will come out,dont worry. You must make every effort to stretch this through the night and the whole day tomorrow.

Qari: Inshallah.

Saifullah: Aur mobile bhi on rakhein ki hum aapse thodi thodi der mein baat karte rahenge8230; And keep your mobile on so that we can get in touch with you after every little while.

Qari: Ek van sa hai,kuchch peeche se fire karte hain aur fauji beech se phenkta hai They have a van8230; from behind which there is firing,and the Armymen then throw something from within.

Saifullah: Maro unke khopdi mein maro,roshni ka intezaar karo,abhi woh andhere mein nazar nahi aayenge. Koshish karo ki asla bacha ke rakho aur subah ka intezaar karo. Roshni hogi to dobara fight shuru karo Shoot them in the head. Wait for daylight,then start your fight again.

These instructions went on through the night,with calls coming every few hours. At one stage,Saifullah inquired about hotel residents and seemed a bit disappointed to learn that they had all been evacuated.

January 6: 11.02 pm to 11.05 pm

Saifullah: Kya position hai,fire ho rahi hai ki khamoshi? What is the position? Is there firing or silence?

Qari: Bas firing ho rahi hai There is firing.

Saifullah: Yeh jo hotel hai8230; kitney manzil hai? This hotel has how many floors?

Qari: Restaurant hai. There is a restaurant.

Saifullah: Manzil? Floors?

Qari: Teen manzil Three floors

Saifullah: To isme log wagera they8230; kidhar gaye? So,there would have been people in there8230; where are they?

Qari: Woh hum jo Lal Chowk mein firing kar rahe they 8-10 logon ko litaya,to tab tak woh logon ko kidhar se nikal gaye. We were in Lal Chowk firing,where we killed 8-10 people8230; by that time these people were taken out from somewhere

Saifullah: Achcha8230; chalo theek hai8230; Ok then,fine8230;

The last call happened just before 11 am,by when the Pakistani militant was killed and the Kashmiri militant Usman was holding fort. He informed his handlers about his partners death and hoped he would also get martyrdom. No one called after that to check on him.

January 7: 10.51 am to 10.52 am

Pak caller: Salaam Walekum Rehmatullah,bhai kya haal hai Greetings,how are things brother?

Usman: Bas shukar hai Allah ka. Qari sahib ko shahadat mil gayi. Bas unka saans nikalne waala hai. By the grace of Allah,Qari sahib has attained martyrdom. He will soon breath his last.

Caller: Allahtala unki shahadat qubul karein May Allah accept his martyrdom.

Usman: Mere liye bhi dua karein. Inshallah,meri shahadat bhi lag jaaye. Pray for me too that I also attain martyrdom.

Caller: Agar Qari sahib hosh mein ho to unhe mera salaam de dein. If Qari sahib is still in his senses,give him my salaam.

In some of the conversations,the phone would be placed next to a speaker and Qari would speak with great pride about how he was feeling as he undertook this mission. But clearly the spirit of the first day dissipated soon and as the voices in the conversation suggest,the militants had given up by the next day. At one point,their Pakistan handlers wanted them to examine escape routes,but the militants told them they had no chance.