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| Cops asked to move in 'buddy pairs' or face suspension | | Weapon snatching by militants worries police | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, May 29: In the wake of rise in incidents of weapon snatching by militants in Kashmir, the state police today asked cops to patrol in "buddy pairs" or be ready to face music including suspension from services.
An alert has been sounded to the police as militants stepped up weapon snatching attacks in the Valley. The police fear that "militant sleeper cells" are trying to revive militancy, but are short of weapons.
The fresh directive, asking cops to patrol in "buddy pairs at busy markets and remain alert", came on the day when unidentified gunmen fired at a cop posted on guard duty at a bank in south Kashmir's Shopian district and decamped with his service rifle.
Official sources said the policemen on duty in the Valley have been asked to move in groups of at least two or three and "never take things lightly or move away from their peer groups when on duty".
To ensure enforcement of the new directives, senior officials have started surprise inspection, and any cops found violating the directives would face strict disciplinary action.
Though in August 2014, following weapon snatching incidents, similar directive were issued, the issue faded away with the September floods. "Since then things were being taken lightly but now following sudden surge in the weapon snatching incidents, the directives have to be strictly adhered to," said a senior official.
In less than a month, this is the second deadly incident of weapon snatching in strategically important south Kashmir, the traditional route to annul Amarnath Ji Yatra. In the previous incident on May 11, two Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) men were killed in Anantnag area where an assault rifle was also snatched.
The Director General of CRPF Prakash Mishra, on the other hand said "We are going to change the strategy to stop weapon snatching incidents. We don't want them to take away our weapons or that we suffer any damages in these incidents, we are working on that."
Mishra said the weapon-snatching has been a practice and it will take time to curb it. He said the situation in the state for the CRPF "is challenging and the force is improving its tactical deployment." |
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