‘Not far away from rooting out terror’
Excelsior Correspondent
Jammu, Mar 17: Director General of Police (DGP) R R Swain today assured a secure atmosphere and level playing field for all during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
He asserted that the security agencies are not far away from completely rooting out terrorism from the Union Territory, reiterating his resolve to act tough against those helping terrorists in infiltration through tunnels or picking up drone dropped weapons.
“The security is an important aspect during elections. The Election Commission has issued strict directions that the voters, candidates and political workers involved in campaigning should be provided a secure atmosphere and level playing field.
“It is our duty and responsibility and we are holding talks with the Centre for deployment of Central forces who will come here along with those who are already present (in J&K) for their optimum utilization (for providing peaceful atmosphere),” the DGP told reporters on the sidelines of a public darbar in Doda district.
Asked about the timeline for completely wiping out terrorism from J&K, he said “we are not far away from this”. Click here to watch video
Swain said “there is clarity in the strategy and the roadmap (to end terrorism). We are not going back from this roadmap which we are following religiously and are exponentially benefiting the forces (to achieve their target).”
On the use of drones and underground tunnels to push terrorists and weapons from across the border, the DGP reiterated that anyone found assisting terrorists will regret it for the lifetime.
“The problem (of drones and tunnels) comes from across the border…the UT Government does not have any control over the territory but we have control over our own territory and our own people.
“We reiterate our resolve to make use of the law of the land in such a way that none of our own can even think of collecting drone-dropped material or helping infiltration through tunnels. We will impose a very high cost under law on such persons,” he said.
A large number of people turned up to highlight and seek redressal of their grievances from the police chief during the camp.
“The grievance redressal camp was organized to address the issues linked to police basic service like investigation, complaints, pending verifications or any other type of deficiency.
“We received a complaint, first of its kind, from a person whose mother had fell to the bullets of terrorists long back but he was not satisfied with the investigation and case closure,” Swain said, adding he had heard such type of cases at individual level in the Valley but this was for the first time such a complaint was raised at this forum.
He said the camp was also meant to listen to the grievances of the police families including those Special Police Officers who lost their lives fighting terrorists and have nobody else to take care of their families.
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