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| Police-militant nexus not new in J&K | | | BHARAT BHUSHAN
JAMMU, June 24: While Kashmir police last week laid hands on a CID cop for allegedly being hand-in-glove with militants, it is worthwhile to mention here that the police-militant nexus is not new in the hitherto militancy-torn Jammu and Kashmir.
An ex-SSP, Jammu, who is now IGP, had come on the radar of intelligence agencies after the involvement of his PSO (now dead) had figured in militancy related incidents.
The PSO was arrested and put behind the bars but the SSP, who was his mentor, had gone unpunished. A former DGP (not local) was said to have saved him during a probe against him by a central intelligence agency.
During the course of investigation against him which had continued for two years, or so, he was given no posting in the state. However, before the investigating agency could tighten its grip around him, the DGP, who was later removed unceremoniously from the state, had allegedly come to his rescue.
This SSP had also remained in controversy for allegedly giving patronage to a gang of local criminals here. Another SSP, who was now on deputation to Centre, was also alleged to have "secretly" helped a gang of city criminals.
Not only this, an explosion outside GGM science college here was caused by a cop at the instance of militants over five years back. The cop was later taken into custody by police and booked under law.
A cross-border smuggler-turned-informer, who was arrested in connection with a blast on railway track near Vijaypur over nine years back, had made startling revelations as regards the connections of an SSP across the border.
He had even given telephone numbers of the SSP's contacts in Pakistan. Though an inquiry was initiated, it never reached its conclusion.
It has been observed that such inquiries against senior police officers in J&K were in fact ordered to save them. Reason: Police are guided by the "unreasonable" feeling that action against senior cops leads to "demoralisation" of the force.
A senior police officer, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, however, refused to accept this police theory. He said legal, or disciplinary action against the erring senior cops would never cause demoralisation in the force, but would surely set an example for others to act within the parametres of law.
In the infamous Kot-Bhalwal jail break by Pak militant Irfan and two of his accomplices, the involvement of police had figured but no "serious" probe was conducted into the incident.
After escaping from the "high-security" jail, the three militants had exfiltrated to Pakistan somewhere from the border Kanhachak area. That they had reached Pakistan safely was confirmed by the press conference they had given in their country a day after the jail break, giving a detailed account of their act.
On the night of the jail break, which occured nearly a decade back, SHO of Bagh-e-Bahu police station was fired upon by some alleged militants, who supported long hair, at Dumi Malpur near Akhnoor where he had gone in search for a murder
accused. While the SHO (now retired) had a miraculous escape, no notice was taken of the incident by senior police officers.
There are several other instances where cops had helped militants in the state. While some had done so out of "compulsion", the others had become militant sympathisers voluntarily.
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