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| Surrender policy sees modifications | | Militants to surrender before State Police, to spend two months in JIC | |
Srinagar | August 23
The existing surrender policy has been modified by the government following reports that recent surrender by Hizbul Mujahideen cadre were organised at the behest of Pakistani intelligence agency ISI with an aim to strengthen their cadre in Kashmir valley.
Under the new instructions militants wishing to surrender have to do it before the police and they cannot lay down arms before the army men. Even if the troops, guarding the border, motivate militants to lay down their weapons the process has to be completed in presence of the police. And each militant, after surrender, has to remain in the Joint Interrogation centre for two months and after release were supposed to report to the police station of their area once a week.
A senior police officer of the rank of DIG said today that during the last three months more than 70 militants had surrendered before the troops in Uri and Kupwara sectors and since their surrender report had not been given to the police the state authorities could not keep them under surveillance and there was no trace of those who had surrendered.
Field reports had revealed that the ISI was allowing small groups of militants to surrender before the Indian security forces under a plan. Police said that the aim of the ISI was to enable trained militants to join the national mainstream and secretly work for those militants who were operating in Jammu and Kashmir. Another purpose was to keep them ready so that whenever the need arose those militants, who had surrendered, would be asked to take the guns in their hands again.
The police said that developments during the last three years had forced the central Government to alter the rehabilitation policy of militants. Hitherto each militants, on surrendering, was entitled to receive a package of Rs.1.50 lakhs and the Government would also initiate steps for providing them a gainful employment. Under the modified policy those surrender would not receive any cash incentive and they had to find means of earning themselves. This step had been taken to check fake surrenders. The police found series of fake surrenders having taken place in various parts of the state and some middlemen had been active in arranging fake surrenders for minting money.
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