Srinagar:\u00a005 MAY 2020:Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh Tuesday said that anti-militancy operations will be intensified further across Kashmir and that the security forces have to bear losses in the form of killing of its men, at times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agencies <\/p>\n\n\n\n
DGP was speaking to media men at RTC Humhama on the sidelines of wreath laying ceremony of three CRPF men killed in a brief shoot out at Wangam, Kralgund Handwara yesterday evening in which a mentally unsound boy was also killed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAfter covering their area, the CRPF men were standing in an orchard and they saw some civilians coming and asked them to stop. There were two militants behind civilians who opened fired at the CRPF men, who retaliated fully.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In between, a mentally unsound boy got stuck and he also died,\u201d DGP Singh said. He paid rich tributes to security forces personnel who laid their lives recently including those killed in yesterday\u2019s attack.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Replying to a query that whether militants have intensified their attacks on forces, the J&K police chief said that security arrangements will be further strengthened and anti-militancy operations further intensified across Kashmir.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cYou must have seen that security arrangements were already strengthen and anti-militancy operations were going on and these will be further intensified,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Asked that security forces had declared Baramulla militancy free, the DGP said since there was no active militant in the district but there has been some infiltration and some have sneaked in and mingled with those active in Sopore area, who were already \u201con our radar.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIn Handwara, the militants were chased for three days after which they were zeroed in at a house. Unfortunately, we lost two army officers, two soldiers and a police sub-inspector in the encounter,\u201d DGP said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThey were the same officers, who had chased these militants killed in Handwara for three days.\u201d He said that security forces have to bear losses in the form of killing of its men, at times. \u201cAt times, we have to bear losses too,\u201d the J&K police chief said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that wherever security forces get information about militants, operations are launched and militants are being chases. \u201cWe will continue to chase the militants involved in the attacks on forces,\u201d DGP Singh said. Replying to a query that police is facing multiple challenges in times of pandemic Covid, he said that security forces are maintaining close synergy and working very professionally.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cPolice personnel in thousands are everywhere on roads, quarantine centres, with screening teams, contact tracing, at red zones, orange zones and at the same time maintaining law and order and also fighting militants very effectively. Our men are fulfilling all responsibilities in a professional manner,\u201d the DGP said\u2014(KNO)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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