Held Kashmir authorities invoke PSA stone pelting facilitators
JAMMU (SANA): Twenty five persons have so far been booked under Public Safety Act (PSA) while action under substantive sections of law has been taken against 419 others in connection with stone pelting in the held Kashmir so far while police was very close to tightening noose on some businessmen involved in facilitating stone throwing on security forces and police.
“So far, we have booked 25 mentors and organizers of stone pelters under the PSA. Action under law has been taken against 419 others, mostly stone throwers. Process is on and all those who are directly or indirectly involved in stone pelting will be identified and action taken against them”, Director General of Police (DGP) Kuldeep Khoda told the Excelsior.
Asserting that the stone throwing, interestingly, has many dimensions, he averred that separatists, Over Ground Workers (OGWs) of militants and certain vested interests have been lending direct and indirect support to terrorists by diverting attention of security forces and police.
“This (the stone pelting) helps militants to move from one place to another. This leaves less chances of ultras getting detected. Return of peace and developmental activities were also suffering”, Mr Khoda said.
He added that the police have identified 700 to 800 stone pelters while number of their organisers was confined to double digit. Police have some clues about political and businessmen support to stone pelters and it would come up very soon with details.
Pointing out that some of the businessmen involved in stone pelting were ‘important’, the DGP said some others were kerosene oil depot holders who are directly benefited by stone pelting as it helps them to indulge in black-marketing and earn money.
Mr Khoda said infiltration bids have gone up by several fold this year but silver lining is that most of them have been foiled by Army on Line of Control (LoC) and BSF on International Border (IB). However, he asserted, as the number of infiltration attempts was very high during a little over first two months of this year, a possibility of some militants having managed to sneak in can’t be ruled out.
“Number of incidents have gone up this year so far as compared to similar period last year mainly because of our initiatives taken against the militants. Our operations against the militants have increased manifold”, the State police chief said.
Due to active role of security forces and police, 39 militants, 30 of them categorised, have been killed during just over two months of this year, Mr Khoda said, adding that 19 militants were killed in Jammu region and 20 in Kashmir valley. Last year, number of the militants killed in similar period was just 18.
It may be mentioned here that the militants are categorised by police when they are operating in different parts of the State and not after their killing. Elimination of 30 categorised militants in just 65 days is being rated as very high success for police and security forces.
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