‘IEDs new strategy to inflict damage on security forces’
Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Oct 30 : Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh today said infiltration along the Line of Control (LoC) is down and the security forces have killed several commanders including 40 foreign militants this year leading to leadership crisis of militant outfits.
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The DGP said that compared to previous years, this year infiltration has shown a fall while a few successful attempts were reported. “Since weather is changing and winter is round the corner, militants may be pushed into this side before snow blocks passes on the LoC,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of Kashmir Marathaon-2022 organised by the Jammu and Kashmir Police in Srinagar.
Singh said that police had specially focused on wiping out foreign militants in Kashmir this year and 40 of them were killed.
“This year, our special focus was to eliminate foreign militants of various outfits operating in the Valley. They were instrumental in provoking and luring youth into militancy,” he said.
The DGP said that a few foreign militants are still at large and they will be eliminated soon.
“Those active are on the radar of police and security forces. They will also be killed soon,” he said.
Singh said that as militant infrastructure stands dismantled to a great extent, all outfits are facing a leadership crisis.
He said that with the killing of foreign militants, the local militant recruitment has dropped significantly.
The DGP, however, said that readymade IEDs is a new strategy of the militants aimed at inflicting maximum damage to security forces and less to militants.
“This is a new strategy by militants. Such consignments were seized in Jammu that were airdropped through drones. Unfortunately, some IED explosions were reported in Udhampur in which a few people lost their lives,” he said.
Singh said that the credit for dip in stone pelting and street protests goes to the people and the youth who choose to stay away from violence.
“The youth preferred to shape their careers in various fields. Stone pelting has come to an end in the past three years and local militant recruitment too has dropped to almost zero,” he said.
The Police chief said that the target killings are being carried out to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere prevailing in the Valley and to damage the age-old fabric of communal harmony.
“A major aim of such acts is to provoke people across India to target Kashmiris working in many Indian states. I am grateful to Indian citizens for behaving maturely and not falling into the trap laid by the agencies supporting militancy,” he said.
Singh said that police are organizing the marathon 2022 in which people of all ages participated including physically abled children and elderly. “More events are on cards especially the football event under civic action program of the police,” he added.
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