In a major success against militancy, law & order front in Srinagar district, a top police official informed that only one active militant is left from Srinagar district, plus law & order situations and bandhs/strikes have almost faded away.
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Quoting a top police official news agency—KNO reported that just one active militant is left from Srinagar district namely Momin Gulzar, a resident of Eidgah area. It was also conveyed that not letting the youth join militant ranks is among the top priority of J&K police.
Further, the militancy incidents in Srinagar district have been reduced considerably and the district is fast becoming one of the most peaceful districts of the Valley.
The officials said that in this year from 1st January 2022 till date, only 2 minor law & order incidents took place—one in Shankerpora, Nowgam and another at Maisuma area of Srinagar. Both the incidents were minor in nature and were contained within minutes.
This is in contrast when in 2018 more than 200 were reported and around 400 in 2016. “This indicates that peace is fast returning to Srinagar and efforts are on to make the peaceful atmosphere a permanent feature,” the officials said.
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Earlier J&K Police chief, DGP J&K, Dilbagh Singh had informed that the number of militants both foreigners and locals have been brought to two digits after many years.
