LeT Co-Founder Amir Hamza Hospitalised in Lahore Amid Rising Tensions:

Suspense crime, Digital Desk : Amir Hamza, an alleged leader for LeT as well as a fundamental figure in The Lashkar-e-Taiba is said to have been recently admitted to a military hospital in Lahore following an incident at his home. Sources suggest that Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) has heightened their control of his hospital ward.

Telegram channels affiliated with Lashkar sought to calm the concerning narrative, assuring their followers of their idol’s wellbeing. The channels claimed that his injuries were of an accidental nature. They are yet to give public justification for the whole health fiasco.

Event Comes After The Assassintation of LeT's Major Figure

The development comes rapidly following the assassination of Abu Sifullah, a major arms of The Lashkar-E-Taiba in Pakistan. Eye witnesses suggest that Saifullah was shielded by state guards at the time but ambushed just outside Matli’s bound in front of his house.

All these happenings occurring in such a scaffold leads to assumptions and deliberation of whether there is a lack of internal protection or is there more crossfire than expected between regions.

Hamza’s Background and Role in Lashkar-e-Taiba

Amir Hamza, who is aged about 66, is believed to have taken the forefront role in enabling LeT to clearly construct and broadcasting their ideology. Having spent years fighting in Afghanistan, he gained a reputation in the both India and Pakistan for his aggressive speeches and was also a writer for Qafila Da’wat aur Shahadat (“Caravan of Proselytising and Martyrdom”). He has worked as an editor for LT’s magazine.After financial sanctions were put in place regarding LeT’s subsidiary charities Jamaat-ud-Dawah and Falah-e-Insaniat Foundation in 2018, it is reported that Hamza distanced himself from the group. He later formed a splinter group where he is alleged to be active, particularly in Jammu and Kashmir, called Jaish-e-Manqafa.

The U.S. Treasury has designated LeT as a terrorist group and has placed Amir Hamza on their sanctions list. It is said that he was active in the recruitment, fundraising, and even in the negotiations for the release of some jailed fighters.

India’s Operation Sindoor and Escalating Tensions

Hamza's hospitalization took place alongside the commencement of India’s Operation Sindoor on May 7 aimed at terror infrastructure based in Pakistan and Pakistan-Administered Kashmir (PoK). This came as a response to the gruesome terror attack on April 22 in Pahalgam, Jammu, and Kashmir where 26 civilians were killed.

This cross-border military action led to a sharp increase in the hostilities of India and Pakistan which lasted nearly 100 hours. This is one of the most intense clashes between the two nations in recent years.

Both countries agreed to a complete ceasefire on May 10 halting all cross-border military operations.