Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Sept 10: Protesters and militants for the last two months of unrest in Kashmir are targeting the Jammu and Kashmir Police men to demoralize the force, that has been in forefront of fighting militancy for last two decades and tackling street protests.
Sources said that the main objective of targeting the police personnel is to demoralize the Jammu and Kashmir Police. They feel without active involvement of the local police it is difficult for the security forces to fight the militancy in Kashmir.
The targeting of the police started from day one when the protests broke out on July 9 this year against the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. A police constable from Tral was the first target. He was shot at during the night intervening July 9 and 10. The protesters later severely thrashed his son.
In Kulgam, a cop, Manzoor Ahmad was shot dead by militants and another was gunned down in Koil village of Pulwama district. In Keegam, Kulgam, a cop was shot at by militants. He, however, survived with grievous injuries.
The cops have been targeted across Kashmir by protesters who check the identity cards of the people to look for police men. In Sheeri Baramulla, a cop was severely beaten up by the protesters and his jaw was broken.
In Khanpora Baramulla, a cop was beaten up and three BSF men who were going on leave and travelling in a private taxi were also beaten up and their clothes were torn at Shalteng in Srinagar on National Highway.
In Nagabal on the outskirts of Srinagar, 4 police men were beaten up when they were on their way to home and were made hostage by the protesters for about two hours.
In Bemina Bypass Srinagar, a cop who was on motor cycle in civvies was thrashed and his motor cycle was torched. In the same area near Parimpora a police man who was travelling in a car was stopped by protesters and was severely beaten. His Alto car in which he was travelling was torched. In Palhalan Pattan in Baramulla district, a cop was beaten up and his motor cycle was torched.
In Niklora Pulwama, a cop’s house was torched and a SPO’s house was set ablaze at Kulgam. Two police officers houses were attacked at Batmaloo in Srinagar and Anantnag for their role in dealing with the protesters.
Twenty eight apple trees of a police official were felled by protesters in Bijbehara and 25 apple trees of three police men of same family were felled at Awoora in Kupwara district. In Shopian, 4 kanals apple orchard of a police man was destroyed by the protesters.
Of late, militants and the Over Ground Workers (OGWs) are barging into the houses of the Police men, mostly in South Kashmir, and are harassing their families. They ask the inmates to tell their wards to resign from police or face consequences.
The militants even visited the house of a senior police officer in South Kashmir and asked the inmates about his movements.
Besides this, militants are releasing videos threatening cops and asking them to resign and are also pasting threat posters in villages and towns to demoralize the Police.
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