It Will Take Time to Silence the Final Gun in Jammu and Kashmir, DGP Swain Says

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir’s Director Common Police (DGP) RR Swain acknowledged on Saturday that because of the 30-year historical past of weapons within the area, it should take time to silence the final gun.

“Gun has a 30-year-long historical past in J&Ok, and it’ll take time to silence the final gun,” DGP Swain informed reporters on the sidelines of a public darbar held at Police Headquarters in Srinagar.

The DGP talked about that policing is a difficult job, and the police are incomplete with out public assist. “We’ve to make sure that the real social gathering will get justice, and for that, we’ve got to hearken to each events fastidiously whereas finishing up the investigations,” he mentioned, including, “It’s not like that after proving the theft case, we might let the thief go.”

He mentioned whereas treading the robust path, police are quick rising as probably the most skilled drive in J&Ok. “Though errors do occur. In our journey of policing, we carry on rectifying the errors,” the DGP mentioned.

Concerning stone pelting in Kashmir, the J&Ok police chief talked about that it has come to zero. “The Excessive Courtroom has acknowledged that stone pelting is an act of terrorism. Right here, stone pelting was by no means linked or linked with sadak, pani, bijli, and actually, it created a regulation and order scenario on roads,” he mentioned. “Right now, no civilian accidents or deaths and for that matter no safety forces personnel bought injured or killed in stone pelting in Kashmir.”

With stone pelting vanishing fully, tourism and commerce are flourishing, faculties and faculties functioning usually whereas the earnings of households has improved, and so have their lives.

Requested in regards to the coverage for people who’ve dedicated errors up to now, reminiscent of taking part in stone pelting and are actually main peaceable lives, he mentioned: “Doorways of the police aren’t closed for individuals who have dedicated errors a couple of times up to now however live a traditional life. These instances have come to the fore through the public darbar, together with instances the place individuals have been chosen for presidency jobs however are awaiting safety clearance. Passport clearance instances are additionally earlier than us.”

DGP Swain talked about that the police have adopted a two-pronged strategy for such instances; to search for aggravating elements and mitigating elements. If an individual has dedicated a mistake as soon as after which dedicated it once more, the police must be harsh. Beneath mitigating elements, if an individual has dedicated a mistake as soon as and stop it eternally, a special strategy is adopted. “Our major purpose is to seek out methods and means to finish violence. Elements answerable for violence have been tackled in a manner that they don’t exist anymore.”

On public darbars, he mentioned the police household is unfold over a 1.40 lakh drive, and instances of various natures come to the fore. “Darbars have come from a mix of inner grievance redressal programs given an enormous variety of relations (policemen). SRO-related instances additionally come to me, after which involves instances associated to frequent individuals that are additionally linked with police by one or the opposite manner,” the DGP mentioned. (KNO)