Security Forces Intensify Measures against Fresh Militant Attacks
6 Militant Associates Apprehended within 24 Hours
Suhail Khan
SRINAGAR, Nov 2: Following the killing of a police officer and a non-local laborer, security forces have intensified checking and frisking of vehicles and pedestrians in various parts of Kashmir.
An official told Kashmir Despatch that to bolster security authorities have established nakas and mobile vehicle checkpoints (MVCP) at major intersections, entry/exit points of the city, and important roads leading to district headquarters.
Sources told Kashmir Despatch that Jammu and Kashmir Police and paramilitary CRPF personnel have been deployed at sensitive places across the valley and are conducting vehicle checking at different locations.
Sources said the security forces are also keeping a watch, including night domination, in the areas where non-locals reside.
The Kashmir valley has witnessed a recent surge in militant attacks. In one incident, terrorist s shot and killed a police officer in Baramulla district, while another incident saw a laborer from Uttar Pradesh being shot dead in Pulwama district.
On Sunday, a police officer was critically injured in firing by militants in Srinagar, while a laborer from Uttar Pradesh was shot dead in Pulwama district on Monday.
A senior police officer told Kashmir Despatch that the focus of the security apparatus is to prevent the loss of life of even a single person. He said the police have vowed to take swift action to eliminate those responsible for these acts of violence.
In response to these attacks, four terrorist associates were apprehended within a day by the police in Baramulla district. Two individuals, Gh Hassan Mir and Mukhtar Ahmad Khan, were arrested during a security checkpoint, and various weapons were seized from their possession.
Meanwhile, in Srinagar, two Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorist associates, Yawar Rashid Dar and Basit Nabi Bhat, were arrested during a night operation conducted by the Parimpora Police Station. A pistol, two magazines, 28 rounds, and a grenade were recovered from them.
