Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 18: After the killing of two persons including a woman during a gun battle in Pulwama district of South Kashmir and injury to several others on Sunday, police today issued advisory asking people to stay indoors and imposed Section 144 of CrPC around the areas where encounters take place.
In wake of killings and stone-throwing attacks on security forces during gun battles, police today issued an advisory for the people and urged them to restrict themselves and their wards inside houses during encounters.
“In case any encounter starts anywhere, the people particularly the parents of young adults of nearby areas are requested not to allow their wards to move towards the encounter site. In case they are outside home they be recalled to home,” the police advisory reads.
The advisory has been issued following the frequent incidents of violence during encounters as people attack security forces in a bid to give safe passage to trapped militants.
The residents of nearby area within the radius of two kilometers should stay inside their homes and need not venture out as any stray bullet can hit and cause damage, says the police in its advisory. “The residents are also requested not to come out of their houses or peep out of the window panes,” it adds.
It further says that as Section 144 CrPC immediately comes into force at encounter site and around them, the elders, Chowkidars and village headmen are requested to advise people to stay away from encounter site. “Assembly of five or more people be discouraged as it is prohibited under the provisions of this Section of CrPC,” the police said.
After encounter, people are requested not to rush towards encounter site as there are chances of unexploded grenades/explosives lying there, the police warn in its advisory.
“The people, particularly respectable should ensure that the encounter site and area around is properly sanitized by the police or any other security agency, before they come near it,” the advisory issued by police concludes.
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