Accusing Pakistan of supporting and backing narco-terrorism in Jammu and Kashmir, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh on Tuesday said Kokernag encounter has not changed the security situation in Kashmir and troops were chasing the remaining terrorists to root out terrorism from J&K.
DGP visited Katra today to inaugurate the newly constructed Police Station building at Katra. He was accompanied by IGP (Headquarters) PHQ B.S. Tuti and was received by ADGP Jammu Mukesh Singh, DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range M Suleman Choudhary, CEO SMVDSB Anshul Garg, SSP Reasi Amit Gupta, AIG (Building) PHQ Amit Bhasin, Principal STC Talwara Jameel Ahmad, SP Katra Vipan Chandran, other jurisdictional officers and prominent citizens of Katra.
The DGP inaugurated the newly built Police Station building and inspected the facilities made available for the Jawans/officers as also for the visiting citizens. He directed for further improvement in certain facilities of the Police Station.
Talking of media after inaugurating the newly constructed police station, DGP said the Police station building has been constructed with adequate space and facilities for Jawans and officers. “It is very important location as a huge number of devotees seek help and assistance from the Police Station during their pilgrimage to Vaishno Devi Temple. It has been constructed as a modular Police Station of the UT”.
Referring to 7-day long Kokernag encounter, he said, “In the encounter a dangerous terrorist Uzair Khan was killed”.
He, however, said the Kokernag encounter hasn’t changed the situation in Kashmir. “Situation continues to remain peaceful as it was before the Kokernag encounter. “Police and security forces are chasing the remaining terrorists as we are committed to root out terror from J&K”.
On Narco-terrorism, DGP said that menace has been here in J&K with complete backing of Pakistan and its agencies and said that operation against it has been further intensified to demolish it completely from the UT.