Srinagar witnesses surge in encounters in 2022

Express News Service

SRINAGAR: Srinagar, the summer time capital of Jammu and Kashmir has witnessed surge in encounters between militants and safety forces and decline in safety forces killing in militancy violence this yr as in comparison with the identical interval final yr.

According to the statistics, Srinagar has witnessed eight encounters between militants and safety forces from January 1 to April 10 this yr. In these encounters 15 militants together with six Pakistani nationals had been killed.

The newest encounter in Srinagar befell on April 10 at Bishembernagar in uptown metropolis wherein two Pakistani militants of Lashkar-e-Toiba had been killed. As per the statistics, no encounter had taken place in Srinagar throughout the identical interval final yr.

While this yr there was a surge in encounters in Srinagar, the killing of safety personnel within the militant violence in summer time capital has dropped this yr. A policeman and a paramilitary CRPF jawan had been killed in two militant assaults in Srinagar this yr.

The statistics reveal that six safety males together with three paramilitary CRPF personnel and three policemen had been killed in three totally different militant assaults in Srinagar final yr until April 10. There had been two civilian killings in Srinagar this yr. Two civilian casualties had additionally taken place from January 1-April 10 final yr.

A PDP sarpanch was shot lifeless by militants and lady was killed in a grenade assault in Srinagar this yr whereas two non-Muslim businessmen (a jeweller and son of Dhaba proprietor) had been shot lifeless by militants in focused assaults in Srinagar final yr throughout the identical interval. SSP Srinagar Rakesh Balwal informed TNIE that police could be very lively and going after the militants.

He stated in all of the encounters which have taken place in Srinagar this yr, operations had been launched on intelligence generated by police. “These were very short and swift operations without any collateral damage”.

 “Our intelligence network including human intelligence and technical intelligence has improved a lot,” he stated. The SSP stated militants need to flip Srinagar into their hub however police won’t enable it. “J&K police is very active and as and when militants come in Srinagar, they will either be killed or arrested”. “We will not spare them and will go after them,” he added.