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| Govt seeks sanction for raising five additional police battalions | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Aug13: The state Government has once again made a plea before the centre for sanctioning raising of at least five additional police battalions in view of the new disturbing trends in parts of Jammu and Kashmir.
Official sources said that since it takes more than two years for completing the recruitment and training of policemen it was necessary if the centre accorded the sanction for raising another five police battalions so that the Government faced no manpower shortage.
Sources said that it was because of the manpower shortage that several companies of police and paramilitary forces had to be rushed from the Jammu region for tackling the law and order problem, created by separatists backed protest rallies, in the Kashmir valley.
Besides this the centre had been approached for sending additional forces.
A senior police officer said that the immediate manpower shortage was largely covered after 20 companies of paramilitary forces were rushed to Kashmir by the centre.
The officer said that raising of additional police battalions had become imperative after more than 2,000 to 4,000 policemen had retired during the last three years.
He said that no doubt these vacancies were being filled on a day to day basis still "we were short of the forces after our men suffered fatigue syndrome while continuously dealing with the protest rallies in the valley during the last over two months."
Sources said that the state Government has also requested the centre to make arrangements for equipping men of the paramilitary forces and the police, deployed in Jammu and Kashmir, with pepper guns and other non-lethal weapons for dealing with the street protesters. They said the state Government in its report has conveyed to Delhi that in the absence of non lethal weapons for tackling civilian unrest had resulted in several casualties that ultimately forced the protesters to resort to violence.
According to the police, some militants have already sneaked into the groups of civilians seen holding demonstrations on the roads for provoking security forces to open fire which had the potential of putting Kashmir on fire.
It is in this context that the police needed non-lethal weapons for dealing effectively with the protesters without causing any physical loss.
Another request to the centre is that those additional companies of paramilitary forces, that were sent for Amarnath duty and were expected to be free from August 25, be not asked to return to the areas from where they had come.
The centre has been told that these companies of paramilitary forces would be deployed in several other sensitive areas for tackling violence and arson.
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