Well-known Deobandi cleric from Pakistan, Mufti Saeed Khan described how insurgents coerced vulnerable female refugees into providing sexual favours in exchange for basic food
A well-known Pakistani cleric claimed to have uncovered the systematic abuse of women by state-backed militants in Kashmir.
A Deobandi cleric from Pakistan, Mufti Saeed Khan — also known to be a close aide of former prime minister Imran Khan — made a public admission during a lecture titled ‘Kashmir and our hypocrisy’.
Khan claimed to reveal a dark reality of the insurgency, describing how insurgents – often glorified as religious warriors or “mujahideen” – coerced vulnerable female refugees into providing sexual favours in exchange for basic food. His remarks detailed how Kashmiri Muslim women and girls in refugee camps were forced to trade their bodies for “a single roti”.
According to top Indian intelligence sources, Khan’s statement is a rare internal confession from a figure within Pakistan’s religious and political ecosystem. It significantly undermines the country’s long-propagated narrative of a “pure jihad”.
The intelligence sources told News18 that it exposes a proxy war strategy where terrorists, armed and funded by the ISI, systematically preyed upon the local population. His statement is a vital validation of their long-standing claims regarding the role of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) in sponsoring predatory proxy groups.
The sources said Khan’s public admission matches declassified Indian dossiers previously shared with international partners. As the revelation originates from inside Pakistan’s own establishment, it carries “significant weight”.
