Jammu : Director General J&K Police Dilbag Singh on Saturday said Pakistan is trying to push more militants, drugs and weapons into Jammu and Kashmir, where the graph of militancy is on decline with security determined to finish militancy.
The Director General Police termed the recovery of seven kilograms of heroin, over Rs 2 crore and arms and ammunition from a house of a notorious drug peddler near the Line of Control (LoC) in Poonch district as a “big success”, saying the security forces are working comprehensively to dismantle the entire support structure of militancy in Jammu & Kashmir.
Talking to reporters on the sidelines of an official event in Samba district the J&K Police Chief said “We have checked infiltration (of militants) through underground (tunnels) and overground channels, but Pakistan is still making continuous efforts to push the militants in large numbers into this side.” He said the infiltration bids are made to fill the militant ranks and upscale the graph of militancy which is on decline. However, police along with other security are alert to frustrate any attempt to disrupt peace and determined to finish militancy from Jammu and Kashmir, Singh said.
“Strict action will be taken against anyone who tries to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere,” he said.
The police chief said besides pushing militants, Pakistan is also involved in smuggling of drugs and weapons into this side. Referring to the seizure of drugs and money in Poonch on Friday, he said police and other security “had a very big success in the fight against narco-militancy”. “This impure action of Pakistan was to keep militancy alive…Security are acting sternly against drug traffickers and an investigation is on to unravel the whole conspiracy and bring the culprits to book,” he said.
Singh said inter-state connections have started emerging during the probe in the case, which has international ramifications as “some dollars were also seized”. The DGP said Pakistan is making attempts to push more consignments of drugs and weapons and also trying to lure the youth into militancy by handing them the smuggled weapons. “The proceeds of the drug trade are utilised to fund militancy with some of the drug peddlers used as couriers and overground workers to raise the support structure for militants. We are working on a comprehensive level to dismantle the entire support structure of militancy, which is our duty and we are working on it,” he said.
