Harass our kin, we'll return favour: J&K Police DG to militants

SRINAGAR: Days after some militants ransacked the house of a police officer and asked his family to tell him to quit his job or face the consequences, Jammu & Kashmir director general of police S P Vaid warned militants on Wednesday to desist from attacking the families of cops.

DG Vaid said: "Don't bring in families in this conflict, you too have families. If you harass our families we will do the same to your families."

About ten militants carrying automatic rifles barged into the residence of a deputy superintendent of police at Shopian, who is presently posted in Srinagar, and smashed the electronic appliances besides other household items. The intruders also asked the family members to convey their message to the officer to quit the job.

"They told us the police were destroying property of the militants and of those who provide them shelter, and this attack was in reaction to that," said a family member of the police officer. Speaking to TOI, Vaid said: "The families should not be brought into this conflict. If we (police) start doing this to militants' families, how they will feel?"

J&K police on Wednesday busted a Hizb-ul-Mujahideen module by arresting its three suspected members in Bemina area of Srinagar.

The three suspects -identified as Reyaz Ahmad Wani, Ikhlaq Ahmad Khanday and Tawseeul-Nabi -were apprehended during a police check at Bemina Bypass Crossing. They are all residents of of Kishtwar in Jammu. The police recovered two pistols, two pistol magazines, 20 rounds, four grenades, one wireless set and a packet of explosive substance, the police spokesman said.

During preliminary probe the trio said they were working with Jehangir, an active militant in Kishtwar, the police said.