J-K DGP issues stern warning to Pakistan

Director General of Police RR Swain issued a cautionary statement on Saturday, asserting that elements situated on the Pakistani border, hostile to the well-being of civilians and overall prosperity in Jammu and Kashmir, were attempting to disturb peace. Swain warned the local population to stay vigilant and aware of the threat posed by these adversarial forces, aiming to return the Union Territory to a state of unrest reminiscent of the dark days of militancy and violence.

RR Swain’s comments follow the recent Rajouri encounter, where security forces successfully neutralized two Pakistani terrorists who had taken refuge inside a cave in a forest area within the district.

In the encounter between terrorists and a combined team of the Army and Jammu and Kashmir Police in the Bajimaal area of Rajouri district on Wednesday, five soldiers, including two high-ranking officers, tragically lost their lives.

The security forces successfully neutralized two terrorists in the Rajouri encounter, one of whom was the feared Lashkar-e-Taiba sniper Qari, reportedly linked to multiple recent terrorist incidents in the Union Territory. The soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the firefight were identified as Captain M V Pranjal, Captain Shubham Gupta, Lance Naik Sanjay Bisht, Paratrooper Sachin Laur, and Havildar Abdul Majid.

Speaking to media persons on the sidelines of a Janta darbar in Poonch on Saturday, DGP Swain said, “I don’t there’s any reason to be overly alarmed by the recent events. But I feel that a common citizen, especially one residing in the Jammu province, should remain mentally alert because the intent of the adversary continues to be inimical. However, their capability to inflict harm is not as they intend to project it.”
On the prevailing political crisis in Pakistan and challenges when it comes to securing India’s borders, the DGP said, “It is a long, porous, and difficult border, and the whole country’s system is subverted, or convoluted as I would call it. So we have a challenge in our hands.”

Allaying fears of terrorism emanating from across the LoC impacting social life in the Valley, the DGP said, “The State will not allow terrorism to become a cause for concern, where normal life, business, activities, peace and security would be derailed.”

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