Reasi: Asserting that Jammu and Kashmir Police have changed tactics to counter terror, Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat on Tuesday said the force is now carrying out operations in dense forests and mountainous areas to neutralise terrorists operating in the region.
Addressing a passing-out parade of the constables at the STC Talwara here, the DGP, said, “Over the past two years the J&K Police altered its operational strategy and intensified action in remote forests and mountains where terrorists have attempted to regroup.”
He said, “The battle has shifted to jungles and upper reaches. We are moving upwards into these areas to get them (terrorists) and destroy their hideouts.”
DGP Prabhat said police are now actively engaging terrorists in forests of Udhampur and Kathua districts.
In an apparent reference to Pakistan, the DGP said, “Our operations are aimed at countering terrorists who are sent by our nefarious neighbour. We are not allowing them to succeed in their evil plans.”
Recalling last year’s “Operation Mahadev”, the DGP said security forces killed three Pakistani terrorists during the operation. “The terrorists were responsible for the killing of 26 civilians in the Baisaran (Pahalgam) area. Police had pursued them deep inside the forest before neutralising them.”
