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NEW DELHI: What has former US President George W Bush and Indo-Pak dialogue got to do with the escape of militants in an autorickshaw from police check posts in Jammu and Kashmir?
Well, nothing but Jammu and Kashmir Police had in 2004, in their report on the escape of militants in Jammu region, made a reference to the then US President’s speech which "amazed" the then Governor Lt Gen (retd) S K Sinha.
The 83-year-old Sinha, in his book "Guarding India’s Integrity", narrated the incident when he had sought a report from the then Director General of Police Gopal Sharma about how militants managed to escape from police checkposts in an autorickshaw and injured a senior civil servant in Jammu region.
The incident took place on the Akhnoor-Jammu road when militants hijacked an autorickshaw and despite passing on information, the police checkpost failed to nab the terrorists, who enroute managed to kill and injure a senior IAS officer before fleeing into jungles.
"After repeated reminders, the police sent me some 80 page inquiry report. I was amazed to see how these serious lapses were sought to be covered," writes Sinha, who was accused by the previous PDP government of interfering with the State Government’s functioning.
"The report started with analysing a statement issued by the US President (Bush) and the dialogue commencing between India and Pakistan.
"I failed to see any relationship between all this and functioning of police checkpost. It was also stated that any action against policemen will demoralise the the force," writes Sinha, who has also served as Governor of Assam.
As for failure to intercept the autorickshaw, the report mentioned that the police constable at the post was engaged in doing some other work and the police sentry being an ex-serviceman was not up to the mark.
"I was amazed to read all this," says Sinha in the book.
"The Police Chief Gopal Sharma had perhaps not read the inquiry report and had forwarded it to me thinking that I would not read the long report. I sent it back with the lapses and he agreed...," the former Governor wrote.
‘Next day, I was surprised to read in the newspapers that I was interfering with the functioning of the state Government," he said
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