“We are conducting operations and soon they will be neutralised,” Vijay Kumar, Inspector General of Police, Kashmir Zone, mentioned.
The Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) militants behind Monday’s attack on Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) road-opening celebration in Nowgam space on Jammu-Srinagar National Highway in Jammu and Kashmir, have been recognized, a senior police official mentioned on Tuesday. In the attack, two personnel had been killed and three injured.
“We have identified the militants behind the attack. They are from the Lashkar, led by a Pakistani terrorist named Saifullah. We are on the job and they will be neutralised soon,” Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar mentioned.
He was talking to reporters after the wreath-laying ceremony for the 2 CRPF jawans, who had been killed in the attack.
“Two militants came on a scooter, most probably from the Pampore side and opened indiscriminate firing from an AK rifle,” the IGP mentioned. He admitted that the module of the Pakistan-based militant outfit had carried out an attack earlier in the Chadoora space of Budgam district as effectively, in which an assistant sub-inspector of the CRPF was killed.
“We are conducting operations and soon, they will be neutralised,” the officer mentioned.
Responding to a query on militants utilizing two-wheelers to hold out assaults, Mr. Kumar mentioned it’s straightforward for the ultras to maneuver round on motorbikes on roads the place the automobile motion is heavy.
“We cannot check every vehicle, vehicles are checked based on information mostly. Checking every vehicle will cause traffic jams,” he mentioned.
The IGP sought to guarantee folks, saying there isn’t any have to panic and “the situation is under control”.
On the usage of digital cellphone numbers by militants, he mentioned this expertise is a explanation for concern but it surely has been used for subversive actions for years now. “Virtual numbers have remained challenging since the beginning. It is challenging across the world. We are trying to find technological answers,” Mr. Kumar mentioned.
