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| SIT should disclose names of those from whom 13 weapons were recovered | | Kishtwar violence | | II Stark Reality II
Rustam
JAMMU, Aug 25: The Special Investigation Team (SIT) of Jammu & Kashmir Police, which was set up under the directions of Director General of Police to look into circumstances leading to violence in Kishtwar town and elsewhere on August 9, has till date recovered 13 guns and recorded statements of about a dozen people. The SIT, which is headed by Superintendent of Police and four other senior officers, is still on the job and conducting raids at various places. "The SIT is on the job and it would only investigate what happened in Kishtwar town on August 9," Inspector General of Police Rajesh Kumar was quoted as saying, and adding that the "Village Defence Committees (VDCs) are not in the town, so the SIT will not investigate their role".
The SIT has done a good job by recovering 13 out of nearly 40 weapons, which were looted by certain anti-social elements on August 9. This means that at least 27 weapons are still missing or are still with those who "stole" the weapons from the gun shop located in a shopping complex owned by the family of Sajjad Ahmad Kitchloo. It bears recalling that on August 9, this arms shop was broken into by certain elements, who took away many .12 bore rifles. It is also important to note that one report had said that "some weapons had gone missing from one of the houses owned by Kitchloo".
Now that the SIT has recovered 13 weapons and recorded statements of many persons, it should reveal the names of those from whom it recovered the weapons. It must disclose their identity so that the general public comes to know as to who used the "stolen weapons" and against whom. Not to disclose their identity would not be in the larger interest of the people of the affected areas. |
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