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An serviceman explained that the detentions were made to nonstop a connection to militants “operating from crossed the borderline that specified attacks won’t beryllium tolerated”. (Express record photograph by Shuaib Masoodi)
A time aft suspected militants killed a retired soldier and wounded his woman and niece successful southbound Kashmir, Jammu and Kashmir Police detained implicit 500 radical from crossed the Kashmir Valley.
A ample fig of those detained were relatives of Kashmiri militants based successful Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK).
“There person been monolithic detentions crossed the Kashmir Valley and the fig is good supra 500,” a elder constabulary serviceman told The Indian Express. “I don’t retrieve detentions connected this standard successful the caller past pursuing a militant attack,” helium said.
The serviceman explained that the detentions were made to nonstop a connection to militants “operating from crossed the borderline that specified attacks won’t beryllium tolerated”, and that successful the past, “sending specified messages person had the desired results”.
Unidentified gunmen connected Monday opened occurrence astatine retired soldier, Manzoor Ahmad Wagay, his woman and her niece successful Behibagh colony of southbound Kashmir’s Kulgam. While Wagay (45), who was deed successful the abdomen, was killed successful the attack, the 2 women were deed successful the limb and are undergoing treatment.
“They (militants) person crossed the reddish enactment this clip by targeting the household members of the soldier,” a constabulary serviceman said.
While constabulary have, implicit the past fewer years, targeted Pakistan-based Kashmiri militants by seizing their houses and properties successful the Valley, this is for the archetypal clip that their household members and relatives are being detained simultaneously successful specified ample numbers.
Bashaarat Masood is simply a Special Correspondent with The Indian Express. He has been covering Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the conflict-ridden Kashmir valley, for 2 decades. Bashaarat joined The Indian Express aft completing his Masters successful Mass Communication and Journalism from the University successful Kashmir. He has been penning connected politics, struggle and development. Bashaarat was awarded with the Ramnath Goenka Excellence successful Journalism Awards successful 2012 for his stories connected the Pathribal fake encounter. ... Read More
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