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| J-K Police claim disarming of 12 ultras | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 23
In an interesting "disarming trial" the Jammu and Kashmir Police today presented before the Chief Minister 12 gun totting youth identified as militants and declared that they were willing to join the national mainstream.
The "surrender ceremony", second in this year, was performed at Ramban where contingent of the Kashmir Police lead by Inspector General SM Sahai had traveled down along with the shabbily dressed gun wielding youth. DGP Kuldeep Khoda and IGP of Jammu zone SP Vaid were also among other dignitaries who witnessed the "surrender ceremony".
Among the dozen militants that laid down their arms before the Chief Minister, 10 were operating in the general area of Gool in Ramban district while 2 operated in Kellar area of Pulwama district in Kashmir.
According to a spokesman of Police, the Kashmir Police had constituted special teams to target militant of various outfit in different parts of valley.
A team was deployed for Kulgam-Pulwama area for special concentration on HM which reported that militants of Gool-Gulabgarh area frequent this part of the valley and commit Acts of violence. The police team vigorously followed these militants, however, the top commanders managed to evade the Police for quite some time.
It was in the second week of December that the concerned police team was able to persuade this large group of militants headed by Mumtaz @ Asif Divisional Commander and Manzoor Ali @ Furqan to surrender and shun path of violence. However, two top commanders Maqsood Bhat and Saddam are still at large with few other militants. Efforts are on to track them.
The development is seen as a severe setback to the militant outfit as well as bound to instill confidence in the minds of people in the concerned areas. Three militants namely Manzoor Ahmad alias Furqan Ali, Mumtaz Ali alias Asif Rahi and Abdul Qayoom alias Imran Khan were the longest surviving and the most dreaded militants active for more than a decade and served as main source of motivation in the militant cadres, keeping militant activities simmering in the area between Banihal to Reasi which is likely to become substantially quiet now. It is also expected that after today's surrender more militant cadres would fall in line and join the national mainstream. Asif and Furqan were close associates of Billu Gujjar, the most dreaded militant of Gool area after whose elimination Asif had substituted him and kept his network active in the area.
The two militants of Kellar area in Kashmir who surrendered today namely Abdul Latief Taidwa alias Zuabirullha and Riyaz Ahmad Kholi alias Sajad were PSOs of Nisar Ahmad alias Misbahudin, the Chief Commander of Hizbul Mujahideen who was recently apprehended by Srinagar police.
The arms and ammunition surrendered by militants include 10 AK-56 rifles, 2 SLRs, 26 AK magazines, 2 SLR magazines, 7 grenades, two wireless sets and other ammunition. |
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