‘Situation will improve further’
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 25: Asserting that there was “no signs of decline” in Pakistan-sponsored terrorism, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh today declared that the security forces were determined to eliminate terrorism and restore peace in the State.
Speaking to media persons after paying tributes to DySP Aman Thakur, who was martyred in an encounter in Kulgam district of South Kashmir yesterday, at District Police Lines (DPL), Jammu, Dilbag said: “Pakistan-sponsored terrorism is going on for the last many years and showing no signs of decline but we are determined to eliminate terrorism from the State and restore peace in the region.”
“Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and some other terrorist groups are continuing with their activities in Kashmir,” the Director General of Police said.
“Police and other security forces are conducting their operations to counter them and wipe them out and I am hopeful that in the coming months, the situation will improve further,” he added.
Dilbag further said the security forces were “proud of the sacrifices” made by the jawans and were “determined” to eliminate all the active terrorist groups in the State “in the coming months”.
He added that security situation in the State is “well under control” and there is “no need to panic”, he stressed.
“Police and other security forces are doing their job satisfactorily and there is peace in Kashmir and Jammu,” he said further.The police chief lauded Thakur for his courage saying, “We have lost a brave colleague and we are proud of his martyrdom”.
“On a specific information that a group of JeM terrorists were hiding in a village in Kulgam, an operation was jointly launched by police, Army and the CRPF on Sunday. The officer killed two terrorists who are believed to be Pakistanis and came to the help of his colleague who received a bullet injury,” Singh said, adding that in the process, he received a bullet injury and attained martyrdom while being shifted to hospital.
“This brave officer was working in the counter-insurgency operations group in Kulgam for the last two years. Some months ago, he received DG commendation medal,” Singh said.
“Last year, he has also received Sher-e-Kashmir police medal for gallantry and his name was recommended for a bigger award but before that he sacrificed his life for the nation,” he added.
Dilbag said the sacrifice of the officers and the jawans will motivate the forces in their fight against terrorism to restore peace in the State.
“We bow before the sacrifice of our martyrs and salute them. The fight against terrorism will continue with more vigour,” he said.
“We also stand by the families of our martyrs and want to tell them that we are with them in this hour of grief,” he added.
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