Srinagar: As the National Investigation Agency (NIA) is investigating the Hurriyat leaders for allegedly “creating unrest” in the Kashmir valley, the police has said that the NIA probe is correct and people in the state have right to know who was disturbing their daily life.
Director General of Police, JK, Dr S P Vaid said that people should wait as time will tell what investigation National Investigation Agency is doing. “But people in Kashmir have right to know that who the people which are selling their blood, burning their schools and disrupting their lives. Whosoever is doing it must be brought to book,” Vaid told reporters in Baramulla.
NIA has arrested seven Hurriyat leaders for their alleged role in “creating unrest” in the Kashmir valley. Those arrested were identified as Farooq Ahmed Dar alias Bitta Karate, Nayeem Khan, Raja Mehrajuddin Kalwal, Peer Saifullah, Aftab Hilali Shah alias Shahid-ul-Islam, Aiyaz Akbar Khaney and Altaf Ahmed Shah alias Fantoosh Geelani, the son-in-law of hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani. They have been sent to 10-days NIA custody by a New Delhi court yesterday.
The DGP while appreciating the people of the state for “cooperating” with police said that in north Kashmir, police and security forces have been successful because of the support and cooperation of the people with police.
“Slowly, the people in south Kashmir are cooperating with the police. People in Kashmir are against terrorism and bloodshed. Police and security forces have been successful because of the cooperation from people,” he said.
The police chief said that number of militants keeps varying as per the “infiltration, local recruitment, and neutralisation”.
“There is no magical number. But let me tell you that situation is quite better than it was last year. For this, I congratulate the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said. (KNS)
