No resident from Srinagar district is in terrorist ranks- IG Vijay Kumar

The Jammu and Kashmir police on Sunday acknowledged that no resident from Srinagar district is now in terrorist ranks or an active militant in any group.

No resident of Srinagar “the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir – is now in the militant ranks, Inspector General of Police Vijay Kumar said on Sunday, a day after a top Lashkar-e-Taiba commander was killed by security forces here.

Two militants, Khan, an occupant of Sozeith area of Srinagar, was killed in an encounter with security forces in Ranbirgarh area on the outskirts of the city in which another militant, Aijaz Ahmad Bhat, from South Kashmir’s Pulwama district was also killed.

Presently, more than 140 terrorists have been encountered by the security forces in Kashmir in 2020. 

IG Kumar had previously also said that Srinagar city would never be militancy-free as militants from other districts of the Valley keep on entering here.