Militant Attacks Just “Pin-Pricks” orchestrated at behest of Pak: DGP Swain

Jammu: Director General Jammu & Kashmir Police R R Swain on Saturday said that recent militant attacks in some areas of Kashmir Valley are just “pin-pricks” orchestrated at the behest of Pakistan with the intent to sell the bloodshed to keep its politics and economy running. However, Swain said all the security agencies, with active public support, are committed to end such “pin-pricks or cuts” as Government both in Jammu & Kashmir and as well as at the centre have the will to defeat militancy and not allow it to become a cause of concern where normal life is derailed.
The police chief also said they have, at times, thought of getting photographs of slain foreign militants circulated through the Interpol so that their parents at least get to know that their children are dead. The DGP was talking to reporters on the sidelines og his first public grievance redressal meeting at the police headquarters in Jammu. Replying to a question on the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir in the wake of a recent encounter in Rajouri where five Army men and two foreign militants were killed, he said, “I do not think we should be over-alarmed. Yes, there is a porous and difficult border and a whole country (Pakistan) and a whole system is subverted and convoluted, so we have a challenge.
“No one is shying away from the reality that there is a challenge, but the Indian State and its government have the will and resoluteness to defeat it (militancy) and not allow it to become a cause of concern where normal life, business activities, peace and security would be derailed (in Jammu and Kashmir),” Swain said.
He said people, especially those living in Jammu province, should remain mentally alert because the intent of the adversary continues to be inimical even as its capability to harm is not as it intends to project. The DGP said isolated incidents keep taking place but a militant attack does not mean that militants are in a position to take over the region. He said Jammu and Kashmir is a border state with legacy issues. “There is an enemy with an intent which is linked to its politics and economy. They are moving in their own ecosystem and we have to remain prepared mentally to fight it (militancy). “Today, we had a meeting with the Army and other security agencies, and we were very satisfied that people themselves are coming forward to inform us (about militants). The flow of information shows that the people are willing to be a partner in this fight,” the police chief said. He said the enemy can only “pin-prick us or go for a cut, but we are like an elephant, a lion and if they think by doing so, they will pull us down, they are mistaken”. Swain said the perpetrators of violence are selling the bloodshed in Jammu and Kashmir to serve their interest. “They are misleading their public and recruiting the children of poor citizens (for militancy) even as they themselves are living a lavish life in bungalows and playing golf,” he said.
Swain said the security agencies are working to put an end to the pin-pricks and cuts from the enemy. “We are finding ways, collecting all our energies and sitting with the public to end militancy” he added.
The DGP said there are elements who have infiltrated into the Indian side from across the border and when they are killed in encounters, their identities remain unknown. “We have thought of getting their photos circulated through the Interpol, so that their parents at least get to know that their children have been killed,” he said.