Neyaz Elahi
Srinagar (NVI): Security forces have recovered enough evidence to expose Pakistan’s intentions from the site of an encounter that took place Sunday in which two militants were killed and their associate was arrested in Chatta-Pani area along Mughal Road in Jammu’s Poonch, J&K Police chief Dilbagh Singh said today.
While addressing media on the killing of a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a PDP leader in Srinagar, DGP Dilbagh Singh said that today’s attack was an attempt to disrupt the DCC election and the militants killed yesterday in Poonch had the same motive. Talking to reporters, Singh said that Pakistan is eager to foment the trouble in Kashmir Valley.
“The militants killed yesterday in Pooch were having the same motive. After infiltration, they were on their way to Shopian but were killed in Poonch. They declined to surrender and got killed. We recovered enough material from their possession that could expose the intents of neighbouring country,” he said.
Pakistan, which has waged a proxy war on India, has been resorting to its old tactic of engaging in unprovoked ceasefire violation along the Line of Control (LoC) in J&K while facilitating infiltration bids. The two militants killed in Poonch yesterday are also believed to have infiltrated from the Pakistani side through LoC a few days ago.
On the killing of PSO, the DGP said that police have got all leads about the militants responsible for the killing of PDP leader’s security guard. “We know their exact number and the location they arrived from. We will get them and bring them to justice,” Singh told reporters on the sidelines of a wreath-laying ceremony of the PSO at District Police Lines, Srinagar.
PSO Manzoor Ahmed was killed in a militant attack near the gate of PDP leader Haji Parvez’s house in Natipora area on Srinagar outskirts in the morning.
He refuted the claims that the security of PDP leader Haji Parvez was downgraded.
“We gave him two PSO’s when only one was required. We had repeatedly asked him to shift to secured place, but he declined,” Dilbagh Singh said.
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