India shows image of martyred Kashmiri Army officer at UN in reply to Pak's fake image

NEW DELHI: After Pakistan described India as mother of terrorism in South Asia, India came up with a rebuttal on Monday asserting that Pakistan used fake photos to prove its false narrative on Kashmir and showed the photo of a martyred Kashmiri Indian Army officer to drive home India's point on cross-border terrorism perpetrated by Pakistan.

Paulomi Tripathi, young diplomat with India's permanent mission to the UN, held up together 2 photographs -- one showing the army officer and the other of Pakistan's permanent representative to UN Maleeha Lodhi brandishing the picture of a Palestinian woman whom she had described as a Kashmiri - and declared, "True face of Pakistan is not hidden from anyone''.

The army officer shown in the picture was Lieutenant Umar Faiyaz who was abducted and killed by terrorists in Shopian district. Tripathi handles human rights at the Indian Permanent Mission.


Tripathi said, India had been constrained to show the Assembly a photograph (of Faiyaz) that reflected the real picture of pain inflicted by the nefarious designs of Pakistan.

"This is a real and not a fake picture of Lt. Umar Faiyaz, a young officer from the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir. Umar Faiyaz was kidnapped at a wedding celebration. He was brutally tortured and killed by Pakistan supported terrorists in May 2017,'' said Tripathi, as she displayed the photo of Faiyaz.

"This is a true picture. It portrays a harsh and tragic reality. A picture of terrorism emanating from across our borders that the people of India, especially in the state of Jammu and Kashmir have to struggle with, every day. This is the reality which the Permanent Representative of Pakistan sought to obfuscate,'' she added.