Police offers cash, jobs to catch militants

Poster strategy helping police: DIG North Kashmir

BARAMULLA: Police in North Kashmir have pasted hundreds of posters at different places, depicting the active militants of Lashkar, Jaish and Hizb as dacoits and murderes asking people to inform police about their whereabouts. The posters read that anyone who help police in tracing these thieves and dacoits would be given a government job and cash reward.

This strategy has worked for police. Now militants are unable to roam freely as people are taking them as dacoits. This is the main reason that from past few months restive Sopore town is calm where after every few days militants used to strike in broad day light, Deputy Inspector General North Kashmir, J.P.Singh told CNS adding that majority of the people in North Kashmir are helping police to trace the underground militants.

Singh said we receive many phone calls from people who inform us about the movement of these militants. The posters that we have pasted on walls, poles and at other places have started showing positive signs, he said.

While replying to a question, DIG, North Kashmir said that police has started an operation to hunt, dreaded militant of Hizbul Mujhadeen, Abdul Qayoom Najar who has been active in Sopore area from past 10 years. Qayoom Najar is active commander of HM who is involved in scores of militancy related incidents. Most of the militants active in Sopore belong to Hizb outfit, he said.

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He told CNS that there are 35 to 40 militants active in North Kashmir while as in Sopore alone, all but 15 militants are present. Lashkar militants are present in Kupwara and Handwara area while HM and some elements of Jaish-e-Muhammad are active in Palhalan, Pattan and certain areas of Bandipora. CNS

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