SrinagarAs braid-chopping incidents remain shrouded in mystery, the Kashmirs top police officer on Friday said that nothing of that sort has came to fore through investigation into alleged involvement of security forces in these incidents.
Who is doing it and who are behind these acts, is to be seen. Separatists and some anti-national elements are attributing it to the security forces. But let me tell you and assure you that we investigated these incidents through these angles but nothing of the sort (come to fore), Munir Khan, Inspector General of Police Kahsmir Range, said.
He alleged that some anti-national, anti-social elements and miscreants were using the situation to their advantage.
They want to create chaos. They want to vitiate peaceful atmosphere. They do not people to carry on with their business. They dont want people to carry life comfortably. And top of it, this is an attempt to create fear psychosis and ensure that women folk are confined to four walls, he said, adding, It is being created through rumourmongers. So far 115 FIRs have been registered. Two cases have been closed unproven….one case was where maid chopped of hair and another was psychic girls case.
Police has formed Special investigation teams and round the clock helplines in every district to probe the incidents. It has also announced a reward of Rs 6 lakh to anybody who can give leads on the braid choppers. However no arrests have been made.
So far no plausible argument has come to fore. Some says a person dressed in black cloths, wearing spring boots came and jumped over ten feet long wall. Somebody said that braid chopper came through walls and escaped through closed door, he said, adding, These things cannot be taken on face value.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti also termed braid-chopping incidents as attempts to create mass hysteria and undermine the dignity of women in the state.
To confuse things, she also vowed to take steps to find the motives behind the braid chopping attacks.
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