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| Go tough against sponsors of stone pelting : MHA asks security agencies | | |
Ishtiyaq Ahmad
Early Times Report
Srinagar, Aug 25: Following the reports from intelligence agencies that some people were positively active in fanning unrest in the valley, Union Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has asked law enforcing agencies of Jammu and Kashmir to identify such people and go tough against them, ET has learnt.
The MHA has also asked the state government to prepare a roadmap and action plan for stopping youths from the unlawful activities including stone pelting.
Reliable Sources told early TIMES that the intelligence agencies have informed the top officials of the MHA dealing with security related issues of Jammu and Kashmir, that some youth are regularly receiving funds for fuming unrest in the valley. "After analyzing the reports the ministry has asked Jammu and Kashmir police to identify instigators and take strict action against them." sources in the MHA informed.
Sources said that the state police has been particularly told by the MHA to monitor video footage and photographs to pinpoint the "trouble mongers and instigators" among the protestors. "Their arrest will deter young children from joining the stone-pelting mobs," hoped a senior official of the MHA.
The MHA believes that the role of such instigators could be the reason for stone-pelting incidents occurring in a synchronized manner throughout the valley during the current unrest.
The directions assume significance as the the Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Thursday also reiterated that young boys were being made shields by the miscreants during the unrest. "95 per cent people want a peaceful resolution of the current unrest. Those 5 per cent trouble makers would be punished," she told reports here. Hinting that police would go tough against the stone pelting incidents, the police sources said that police are identifying the people behind the stone pelting. "Police are identifying the people who are involved or are behind stone pelting. After identification strict action under the law will be taken," sources said.
Meanwhile sources said that the ministry of home affairs (MHA) has also issued an advisory to the Jammu and Kashmir state to keep a vigil on separatist activities.
Sources said that the MHA has asked Jammu and Kashmir police to put all those separatist leaders who are instigating the youth under surveillance, as their activities "can be a more threat to the current unrest of valley.
It is to mention here that the Jammu and Kashmir police have launched a massive crackdown against "what they called miscreants in Kashmir and arrested nearly 500 youth from across the valley.
Sources said that police investigation has led to recovery of dozens of SIM cards, threat letters, and fake press identity cards from the alleged stone pelters.
More than 68 persons have been killed, including two policemen, and nearly 6000 others injured in the ongoing protests in Kashmir since the killing of Hizbul commander Burhan Wani, and his two associates in an encounter with security forces on July 8. Initially, the authorities imposed curfew across the Valley to curb the protests but the strategy failed as more and more people took to the streets. Meanwhile sources said that centre has asked the government to prepare a roadmap and action plan for stopping youths from stone pelting and other unlawful activities. Centre has also suggested the state administration to come up with an outreach programme which will involve engaging with the stakeholders including elders in the community.
Sources said that the centre government has also maintained that they will help the state government for generating employment for youth. |
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