Disclosing Militant Numbers Threatens Operational Secrecy, Says DGP Swain

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director Basic of Police (DGP) R R Swain Sunday stated that revealing the variety of militants would quantity to a breach of “operational secrecy” at the same time as solely two militants are sufficient to hold out a “large strike.”

Speaking to reporters after visiting the household of slain police constable Bodh Raj, a resident of Bakha Chak Samba, DGP Swain stated that it isn’t permissible to disclose the variety of energetic militants in Jammu and Kashmir.

“The variety of terrorists energetic is a part of the operational secrecy of police and different forces. It isn’t advisable to disclose the quantity as simply two terrorists can perform an enormous strike,” he stated, including {that a} problem is being tried to impose on the police and different forces in J&Okay. “As I’ve said already, this problem (terrorism) is just not going to overwhelm us,” he stated.

The DGP stated that J&Okay being a border (State/UT) will face challenges. “We’re not Madhya Pradesh,” he stated, including that technique with the energetic help of the individuals will assist defeat all nefarious designs hatched throughout the border.

Replying to a question, the DGP stated that in Samba district, earlier, there was a problem of tunnels and now drones proceed to be a recent problem. “Those that obtain consignments from drones like cash, weapons and narcotics can be booked below robust legal guidelines. These persons are the true enemies of the nation and have to be handled strictly,” the DGP stated.

He stated that with the assistance of robust intelligence, individuals’s help, space domination and well timed motion, police and different forces will guarantee drone challenges are countered successfully so  that “enemy stops sending drones to this half.”

In the meantime, recalling the standard of the pinnacle and coronary heart of the martyr Bodh Raj, the DGP stated that the courageous coronary heart was one of many necessary members of his staff. Whereas interacting with the sons of the fallen hero, DGP Swain impressed upon them to work with dedication and honesty and added that the Jammu and Kashmir Police as an establishment is all the time at their beck and name. He impressed upon them to seize any alternative which comes their method and likewise suggested them to discover potentialities of self-employment and employment within the personal sector as properly.