Srinagar: A special cell and a toll-free number will be established in the Lieutenant Governor’s secretariat for addressing the concerns of the families of terror victims and to bring the culprits to justice.
Chairing a high-level meeting on Tuesday, LG Manoj Sinha also directed deputy commissioners and SSPs to reopen terror cases which were “deliberately buried”, an official press release informed.
The development comes days after Sinha met the family members of some of the Kashmiri civilians killed in terror attacks and said justice was denied to victims of terrorism for decades before 2019.
“Special Cell to be established in LG Secretariat to address concerns of families. A similar cell to be set up in the Chief Secretary’s office. Every possible assistance would be provided to terror victim families & culprits roaming free for many decades will be brought to justice,” Sinha posted on his official X handle.
Sinha said a toll-free number should also be notified for the assistance of terror victim families.
The LG chaired the meeting to discuss issues concerning victim families whose loved ones were brutally killed by terrorists.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo; Additional Chief Secretary, Jal Shakti Department Shaleen Kabra; DGP Nalin Prabhat; Special Director General (Coordination), PHQ, S.J.M Gillani; Principal Secretary Home Chandraker Bharti; Principal Secretary, Finance Santosh D Vaidya; ADGP CID Nitish Kumar, Principal Secretary to LG and CEO SASB Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari; IGP Kashmir, VK Birdi; IGP Jammu Bhim Sen Tuti; Divisional Commissioner, Kashmir, Vijay Bidhuri; Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Ramesh Kumar; MD & CEO J&K Bank, Amitava Chatterjee; DIGs, Deputy Commissioners, SSPs, and senior officials of police and civil administration.
“Directed DCs & SSPs to reopen cases which were deliberately buried & file an FIR and ensure jobs are provided to NoKs (next of kin) on priority,” Sinha said.
He said the deputy commissioners and senior superintendents of police were directed to free the property and land grabbed by terrorists or their sympathisers.
“DCs and SSPs to free terror victim families’ property & land grabbed by terrorists or their sympathisers. I’ve directed the officers to identify those elements from the terror ecosystem who were involved in killing common Kashmiris and are currently working in government departments,” he added.
Sinha on Sunday met some of the victim families here and assured them justice will be done in their cases.
“Today met family members of Kashmiri Civilians who were brutally killed by Pakistan-backed terrorists. For decades, they were marginalised & their voices were not heard. Justice was denied. Their pain was ignored, their stories untold, and the truth deliberately suppressed,” Sinha said on Sunday.
He had said hundreds of families have gained strength and support to say that their loved ones were killed by Pakistani terrorists.
“It’s shocking, before 2019, terrorists’ funeral processions were allowed while thousands of common Kashmiris killed by terrorists, remained forgotten & unacknowledged,” he had said.
