Fatehgarh Sahib, December 26: A magazine featuring slain terrorist Burhan Wani of the Hizbul Mujahideen on its cover was on sale at the ‘Jor Mela’ in Fatehgarh Sahib following which Punjab chief minister Amarinder Singh said the police would look into the matter if there was any anti-national activity.
On a visit here, the chief minister was confronted by media about sale of the controversial magazine. “If there is any anti-national activity, police will look into it,” Singh said.
An article on global terror group, the Islamic State or ISIS and a picture of Jagtar Singh Hawara, convicted in chief minister Beant Singh assassination case and now lodged in Tihar jail, also featured in the 42-page magazine. The two articles on Wani have been written by Gajinder Singh of Dal Khalsa, who is believed to be in Pakistan, and the pro-Khalistani writer Baljeet Singh Khalsa.
The magazine was being sold in a big stall manned by supporters of SAD (Amritsar). Called ‘Vangaar’ (Challenge), the pro-Khalistan magazine ran a cover story in its August 2016 issue on Wani describing him as the ‘Hero of Freedom of Kashmir’. The issue came out a month after he was killed in an encounter with the security forces in July 2016, and was being sold 18 months later at the Jor Mela for Rs 30.