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| Naikoo’s killing will help to contain militancy in Kashmir: IGP Kashmir | | Police team tracked Naikoo’s movements, didn’t sleep for weeks | | Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, May 7: Inspector General of Police Kashmir zone, Vijay Kumar Thursday said that the killing of Hizbul Mujahedeen Chief commander Riyaz Naikoo is a big jolt for militancy in Kashmir and Naikoo’s killing will help contain militancy in the Valley to a large extent.
Addressing press conference here, the IGP said that Naikoo was very influential militant commander, who would release videos almost every month to lure youth towards militancy and to pass directions to his cadre to execute civilian and police killing.
“I will not hesitate in saying that Naikoo was a very influential militant commander.
He said from past six months, Jammu Kashmir Police was after Reyaz Naikoo. “The basic task of police is to generate human and technical intelligence. Our DIG Atul and his team were chasing Naikoo for a long time but from past week, when we suffered some set back in North Kashmir, the team got more involved in tracking the movements of Naikoo.”
“Every movement of Naikoo was being tracked. Some of the policemen slept for only one or two hours.
During our hunt for Naikoo, we managed to bust at least 6 hideouts, used by Reyaz Naikoo. We tracked the movements of Naikoo and his sympathizers. We arrested and interrogated some of the OGWs and got important information.”
IGP Kashmir said that first day when police cordoned off the area where Naikoo was hiding, they didn’t find anything. “We were sure that Naikoo is here and thus didn’t lift the cordon. We called army and troopers. Next day, when we started search operation again, militants fired on us and we retaliated and killed the Commander,” he said.
His killing is a big success for us and major jolt for Hizb and entering militancy in Kashmir. Naikoo killing will help contain over all militancy in Valley,” Kumar said.
Asked whether militant leadership of Hizb stranded wiped out, the IGP said there will be some other leader, and we will go after him too. About Handwara encounter, the IGP said Lashkar commander Haider’s killing was also a big jolt for Lashkar. “As far as second incident at Handwara in which three CRPF men were killed, we have identified two Lashkar militants involved in the act,” he said.
On a query about The Resistance Front (TRF), the IGP said TRF not a new outfit but a “shadow of Lashkar” “Post August 05 last year, there was international pressure on Pakistan to stop militancy, so Lashkar floated The Resistance Front (TRF).
In Handwara encounter, Haider and his associate killed belonged to Lashkar but TRF claimed responsibility,” he said.
The IGP Kashmir also said that Security forces launched 27 operations & eliminated 64 militants since January this year in Jammu & Kashmir. 25 active militants were arrested. Police were searching for slain Hizbul Mujahideen commander Riyaz Naikoo for the past 6 months.
After the Riyaz Naikoo encounter there was law and order situation at the site. Few people have been injured some of them have bullet injuries, said IGP.
IGP further said that the restrictions on movement and internet/phones were necessary to maintain law & order.
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