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Srinagar: A video of a threat from Pakistan-based terror group Hizbul Mujahideen has been doing rounds in Kashmir. The video which was circulated on Tuesday threatens Kashmiris working for any of the security forces including the Indian Army and the Jammu and Kashmir Police, as per a report by The Times of India.

The video threatened that they will kill every Kashmiri if they don't resign within the next four days. The threat was also issued for all the Kashmiris working for the Central Government. Further, HM terrorists threatened to kill the family members of those who “stay back” at work. The authenticity of the video was confirmed by the J&K police.

As per TOI, the video asked people to “quit their jobs and upload the evidence of their resignation on the Internet”. The video contained pictures of the security forces and the banner of the outfit with a name, Umar Ibn Khitaab. The name is speculated to be of the anchor who issued the threat.

The message was for all people working for J&K Police, STF, CID, traffic police, Rashtriya Rifles, BSF, CRPF, Central government among others. Urging Kashmiris to quit their jobs, HM further asked the citizens to upload a proof of their resignation on the internet.

“But let it be clear that your resignations will not be accepted after four days. All you will get is death at our hands, you all will be murdered,” the voiceover, as quoted by the TOI. The terrorists also said that if the people on duty try to stay back and not visit their homes, they will kill “any of your family members” whom they can lay hands on.

Headed by Syed Salahuddin, HM is a banned terror outfit which also asked the SPOs and informers to stay quiet and resign. HM is the armed wing of Jammu and Kashmir’s Jamat-e-Islami (JeI) affiliated to Pakistan’s JeI.