Video Shows LeT Terrorist Meeting Pakistan's Golden Arm in Javelin Arshad Nadeem | WATCH

New Delhi: A video going viral on social media showed Arshad Nadeem, the Pakistani javelin thrower who clinched gold at the Paris Olympics 2024, with Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) terrorist Muhammad Harris Dar.  For the unversed, Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) is a United Nations-designated terrorist organization. Muhammad Harris Dar serves as the Joint Secretary of the Milli Muslim League (MML), a political party created by LeT terrorist Hafiz Saeed, which operates as a front for LeT. Hafiz Saeed, the mastermind behind the 26/11 Mumbai attacks that claimed 166 lives, founded MML. In 2018, both MML and its officials were designated as Specially Designated Global Terrorists.

What's In The Video?

The video featuring Pakistani Olympic gold medalist Arshad Nadeem with LeT terrorist Muhammad Harris Dar was first shared by an OSINT handle on X. Later, BJP leader Tajinder Bagga also posted the video.  In the clip, Nadeem and Dar are shown talking, with Dar extolling Nadeem’s victory as a source of pride for the entire Muslim community. 

The footage has ignited a heated debate online about the reach of terrorism into everyday lives in Pakistan. 

"Big Expose: The sinister connection between Pak sportsman Arshad Nadeem & UN-designated terrorist organisations fin sec Harris Dhar (Lashkar-e-Taiba).  It's evident from their conversation that this video is very recent after Arshad Nadeem's return from the Paris Olympics in 2024.  It seems he was a chief guest in some felicitation ceremony organised by internationally designated terrorist outfit Lashkar-e-Taiba's finance secretary Harris Dhar. The motive of this felicitation ceremony by LeT with the presence of national youth icon Arshad Nadeem as chief guest seems to be to attract youth towards LeT radicalization & terror training camps. As I reported earlier LeT deputy chief Saifullah Kasuri and Harris Dhar already conducting FALCON forest camps in Abottabad and swimming camps all over Pakistan to recruit youths for terrorist activities", OsintTV wrote while sharing the video on X. 

Who is Arshad Nadeem? 

Arshad Nadeem has grabbed the limelight by ending a 32-year Olympic gold drought for his country with a record-breaking performance in Paris. The 27-year-old set a new world record with a javelin throw of 92.97 meters, securing gold in the Men's Javelin Throw final. Despite the strong competition from his Indian counterpart, Neeraj Chopra, who was the favourite to win back-to-back golds with his best throw of 89.35 meters, Nadeem emerged victorious. 

Nadeem was on Tuesday rewarded with 10 million rupees and a brand new car by the Punjab government for his historic gold medal-winning feat in the just-concluded Paris Games. Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz handed Nadeem the cash prize and the car keys when she visited Nadeem's village in Mian Chunnu to meet him and his family.

“Arshad deserves everything he gets because he has brought so much joy and pride to the nation,” she said. Flanked by Nadeem's parents, the CM handed the keys of the new car to the athlete with a special number plate of 92.97 which is the distance he threw to set a new Olympic record while winning gold in Paris on August 8.

The deputy commissioner, who accompanied Maryam Nawaz, said that the cheque and car were all prepared in record time on the instructions of the CM who wanted to meet Nadeem. “She gave orders for the special number plate as well,” he said. The CM also gave away a cheque of 50 lakh rupees to Nadeem's coach Salman Iqbal Butt before flying back to Lahore. 

Who is Mohammad Harris Dar?

According to US records, Muhammad Harris Dar has been identified as acting on behalf of Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT). Dar holds the position of Joint Secretary of the MML and previously served as an officer in LeT's student wing, the Al-Muhammadiya Students (AMS), which the Department of State designated as an alias of LeT in December 2016 under E.O. 13224. By early 2016, Dar was involved in providing first aid and firefighting training at a LeT camp, which also included instruction on weapons and assault tactics.

Muhammad Harris Dar is known for his anti-India rhetoric at public rallies. In one video, Dar is heard making inflammatory statements against India regarding Jammu and Kashmir: “The way America had to leave from Afghanistan, Inshallah, India will also be forced to leave Kashmir.”