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| Police couldn't pre-empt fallout of Burhan's killing | | Top brass likely to face music after normalcy returns to Kashmir | | Early Times Report
Srinagar, July 13: The state government has reportedly taken a serious note of the violent protests that broke out in Kashmir following the killing of Hizbul-Mujahideen poster boy Burhan Wani last week.
Sources said that soon after the tension gripped Kashmir the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti sought the report from the state intelligence agencies about the spontaneous protests which broke out especially in south Kashmir, considered to be a citadel of ruling Peoples Democratic Party.
Insiders revealed that security agencies were under immense pressure to deliver as the killing of eight Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel at Pampore on Jammu-Srinagar highway last month had put the question mark on the zero militancy claims of the officials and had punctured normalcy balloon.
"The plan to eliminate the militant commanders was formulated soon after the attack on CRPF convoy. The politicians were only informed about the operations which would be launched against the militants, and they were not apprised about the repercussions such killings could have," said a source.
He said, "Politicians and security agencies were not expecting that killing of Burhan would set entire Valley on the fire. Top Police brass was of the opinion that protests if any would break out in Tral township, native village of Burhan."
Sources said, "Top politicians have sought an explanation from the Police about why they were not prepared to tackle the situation soon after Burhan's killing. Why had not district SPs kept the forces ready? Why it took nearly 12 hours to arrange the reinforcements? How come there were no force personnel stationed in south Kashmir to tackle the protesters?"
They said, "At present state government is concentrating hard on restoring the normalcy in the strife torn Kashmir but a few officials are under scanner for failing to pre-empt the fallout and protesters being provided with a chance to go berserk. The other question which police officials would have to answer is why the force personnel were not equipped with non-lethal weapons like Pepper guns to handle the protesters."
Pertinently, Burhan and his associates were killed on Friday evening and most of the killings of protesters took place on the next day on Saturday. "Police and other forces had enough time to regroup and formulate a strategy to counter these protests but the entire affair was handled casually," said a source.
He said, "Many Police stations in south Kashmir were empty as most of the policemen had gone to their native place to celebrate Eid. The operation to eliminate Burhan was kept a closely guarded secret till the encounter ended as the JK Police didn't want any other force to take the credit for his killing."
An insider said, "Had the security forces coordinated with each other there was every possibility about protests being contained. People at the top positions would have to do lot of explaining after the normalcy returns to Kashmir." |
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