The anonymous blog kashmirfight.wordpress.com, which the police claimed was run by Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) from Pakistan, not only warned founder-editor of Rising Kashmir, Shujaat Bukhari, against participating in a peace conference in Dubai, but has also hit out at separatist leaders, including Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Yasin Malik, for asking Hurriyat leadership to engage in talks with New Delhi.

The blog has also targeted human rights activist Khurram Parvez for being close to the Indian establishment and even securing a job for his wife, as well as prevailing on militants to ban the use of grenades and IEDs in Kashmir, which were taking a heavy toll on the government forces in the state. This comes notwithstanding the fact that Parvez had also served a prison term during the agitation after the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen militant commander, Burhan Muzaffar Wani, and was slapped with the Public Safety Act (PSA) for his anti-India activities.

It is believed that Parvez's wife got a job in the government's social welfare department in December 2013. The blog has blamed him for helping the Indian establishment to put some separatist leaders behind bars after the agitation over the transfer of land to Amarnath Shrine board in 2008. Parvez said that it was too early to comment on the blog.

The blog has also targeted Malik for meeting PDP youth leader Waheed-ur-Rehman Para. But Malik, as part of the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), has been giving shutdown calls and often faces arrests for "disrupting peace". Para said that both Malik and PDP had organised separate iftar parties in a restaurant in Srinagar and there was "nothing like a meeting".

The pro-Pakistan blog has also attacked businessman Yasin Khan, who was earlier investigated by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for funding the separatist activities in Kashmir. It has also named some businessmen, including former president of Kashmir Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Mushtaq Ahmad Wani, for engaging in talks with the government.

After the NIA raids, some of the separatist leaders as well as businessmen had softened their stand and had been lashing out at militants for killing Kashmiri policemen. Some of the businessmen have been holding regular meetings with former chief minister Mehbooba Mufti to highlight their business issues even as they continue supporting the separatists. Some businessmen were even posted at some top government institutions.

Prominent businessman Mohammad Ashraf Mir, who was also named in the blog for being part of the secret talks with the government, was appointed as a director by the board of directors of Jammu and Kashmir Bank to "fill the casual vacancies, in the office of directors with effect from 10 August 2016."

Although the blog was reported to have been launching a campaign against Bukhari and two other senior journalists €" Kashmir-based Ahmed Ali Fayyaz and Delhi-based Iftikhar Gilani €" it was on Thursday that police said that the blogger was an LeT militant. According to the police, the killing of Bukhari was carried out by LeT and besides the blog, "intimidating content" was spread against him through a Facebook account 'Kadwa Sach Kashmir' and Twitter handle ahmadkhalid@313.

"During investigation and with the co-operation of service providers, tangible evidence has been collected to establish that individuals behind it belong to LeT organisation and the content on social media was posted from Pakistan," a police official said in a statement. He added that LeT militant Sheikh Sajjad Gul alias Ahmad Khalid, resident of Srinagar who is currently in Pakistan, was updating the blog.

According to police, the attack was carried out by LeT top commander Naveed Jatt with the help of Muzafar Ahmad alias Talha of Qazigund €" who has been active as a militant since January 2018 €" and Azad Ahmad Malik alias Dada of Bijbehara, who has been active since December 2016.

Deputy Inspector General of Police, central Kashmir range, Vidhi Kumar Birdi said that the "IP address of the blog has been investigated and we have also identified the person from LeT who is running the blog." The LeT had, however, earlier denied that it had anything to do with the killing of Bukhari. The killing was also condemned by mainstream political parties.