Ahead of the Republic Day celebrations in Jammu & Kashmir, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh on Monday claimed there are inputs that the terrorists are keen to carry out some mischief as they are desperate to disturb communal harmony, peace and order in the region.
Chairing a high level security review meeting of the senior officers of Police, Army, BSF, CRPF and Intelligence agencies here in the police headquarters the DGP said that the year 2021 will have its own challenges as new strategies have been adopted by Pakistan with new terror operatives emerging on ground which need to be countered.
Last week, a tunnel was detected along the International border in the Samba sector by the BSF jawans.
The security agencies are still investigating whether the same was recently used to push armed infiltrators inside the Indian territory or not. On the occasion DGP also directed that the deployments for republic day may be beefed up and the QRTs, escorts, guards will have to be alert.
He directed that all arrangements be made so that 26th January celebrations are held peacefully. He said that there are inputs that the terrorists are keen to carry out some mischief as they are desperate to disturb communal harmony, peace and order. He directed the officers to take care of vulnerable persons and places to thwart the nefarious designs of enemies.He said that well coordinated surveillance systems must be ensured to undo nefarious plans of the enemies.
The high level security review meeting was attended by COS 16 Corps Major General Sharad Kapoor, IGP Jammu Zone Mukesh Singh, IGP CRPF Jammu P. S. Ranpise, DIG Udhampur Reasi Range Sujit Kumar, DIG Doda Kistwar Ramban Range Abdul Jabbar, DIG BSF Jammu S. K. Singh, SSP Jammu Shreedhar Patil, SSP CIV PHQ Rajesh Bali, SSP CID CI Jammu Tahir Sajad Bhat, SSP CID SB Jammu Rohit Baskotra and other senior officers.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir range, Vijay Kumar said that the three youth killed in Lawaypora gunfight were involved in militancy and that the police will soon present ‘concrete evidence’ to their parents.
He said that the bodies of slain militants aren’t being handed over to families in view of the Covid-19 pandemic as people would assemble in funerals and break the Covid protocol.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of a road safety week function in Srinagar, the IGP said: “We have collected 60 percent evidence and in next days, we will collect more evidence including the technical one and will first convince the parents of slain trio that their sons were involved in militancy and were providing logistic support to militants.”
IGP Kumar while replying to a query that the father of one of the slain youth has demanded the body of his son, said that because of the Covid-19 pandemic, bodies of slain militants aren’t being handed over to their families.”If we hand over the bodies, people will assemble for funerals and break the covid protocol, which would endanger the lives of people. The bodies of slain militants are being buried in the presence of their family members.”
The families of the slain youth have demanded a probe into their killings, saying they were innocent and were killed in a staged gunfight. Several political parties have also demanded a fair probe into the gunfight.
Earlier this month, the families of the trio staged a protest at the Press Enclave in Srinagar, demanding a probe and return of the bodies.
The IGP said that, of late, youth are being lured into militancy as OGWs as they are being provided with pistols and grenades.
“Yesterday, we arrested a youth from Anantnag, along with a pistol and grenade who was tasked to kill someone. We are at it and will counter the trend through human tracking and this is our top priority,” he said.
