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| J&K DGP's warning to trouble- makers in Kashmir | | Maintaining peace in Valley | |
Neha
Jammu, Mar 16: Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Ashok Prasad, who had on March 12 warned the Kashmiri separatists and stone-throwers to behave failing which stringent action would be taken against them, yesterday he again told them not to take the law of the land into their hands and without mincing words said that the law and order machinery in the State would act in case they failed to listen to his counsel.
Notwithstanding the fact that Prasad also said that the police has no "animosity with Hurriyat leaders", his statement was as unambiguous as his March 12 statement was. Talking to a local news gathering agency CNS on Friday, Prasad said that the "police has got some 'important leads' in (the March 13) Bemina 'fidayeen' attack" and "several persons are being questioned and hopefully we will crack the case soon".
Prasad also used the opportunity to send a clear message to the separatists and stone-throwers that they would be booked and punished as per the law of the land in case they indulged in hooliganism and fomented trouble in the Kashmir valley. "Stone-pelting is a criminal activity and whosoever indulges in it will face the music," he said. "Who told you (CNC reporter) that we have started a crackdown on MMM (an amalgam of several anti-India outfits) and other Hurriyat leaders? We have no animosity with anyone, including Hurriyat, but when someone breaks law, it becomes our duty to nab him and bring order in society…There are certain people who 'instigate youth and they need to be arrested and we have arrested a few of them. Our job is to maintain peace and order and that's what we are doing," he also said.
It is hoped that he would do all that is needed to be done to maintain peace in Kashmir and the task can be accomplished provided he takes care of Geelani, Mirwaiz, Malik, Shah and their ilk, who cannot be described as representatives of Kashmiri Muslims. There are only a handful of separatists and extremists in Kashmir and it should not be difficult to isolate them and bring them to justice under the law of the land.
However, what he said was just not enough. The authorities in the State have to ensure that all the CRPF personnel and other security forces personnel are armed with sophisticated weapons so that they are able to tackle the trouble-makers and stone-throwers in an effective manner. It has become absolutely necessary considering the gruesome killing of five CRPF jawans on March 13 at Bemina, Srinagar. It was a criminal act on the part of the authorities to disarm them and other CRPF personnel and order them to tackle and handle terrorists and extremists with sticks. It would not be wrong to say that the authorities themselves were responsible for the brutal killing of our five jawans. It bears recalling that the CRPF personnel who were killed by the Pakistani terrorists and their Kashmiri collaborators had no arms.
Reports clearly suggest that only 10 out of 100 CRPF personnel are allowed to carry arms with them and the remaining 90 per cent are required to tackle terrorists with lathis. Reports also suggest that there is the possibility of the security forces raising a banner of revolt against the authorities. In fact, a number of angry CRPF personnel have said that it has become very difficult for them to operate in the hostile environment without weapons.
The authorities cannot overlook the resentment that has been brewing among the security forces. If they continue to ignore the grievances and requirements of the security forces, the results would be disastrous both for the authorities and the country as a whole. Even otherwise, a full-scale anti-insurgency operation has become imperative in view of the resolution the two Houses of Parliament adopted yesterday on Pakistan and Jammu and Kashmir. |
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