National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah

NEW DELHI: Former J&K chief minister and National Conference chief Dr Farooq Abdullah on Saturday claimed that the "beating drums" on the death of three army soldiers in north Kashmir 's Kupwara district was aimed at spreading hatred against Muslims.

"The noise is not so much about 25 CRPF jawans getting killed in Chhattisgarh , rather, the noise is about three army men killed in Kupwara. They are beating the drum to increase hatred towards Muslims, please keep this in mind," Farooq said.

"Now a days, new tricks are being played, be careful. This is not an attack on particular sect of people, but on all of us," he added.

Criticising the Centre for banning the Internet and other social media, the former J&K CM said, "I called on the government and told them don't take such types of measures. They are mistaken that the by imposing ban, conditions will improve. The situations will not improve until and unless talks are held with all. They think they can suppress us with force. The more they try to suppress it, the more fire it will create," he said.

On Thursday, three soldiers, including a captain, were martyred during an ecounter with militants in the Panzgam village of Kupwara district.

In the gunfight, Captain Ayush Yadav, Subedar Bhoop Singh Gujjar and Naik B Venkata Ramanna were martyred.

