Security forces intensify surveillance in Jammu amid rising militancy

JAMMU — Since militant activities are on the rise and many foreign militants are active in several districts of Jammu region, security forces have increased surveillance by raising checkpoints in different pockets of militancy-hit areas.

The Kathua and Doda districts are the most affected due to recent militant activities and all major points from where militants can enter into these districts or move around have been sealed and every vehicle is being checked.

According to the news agency KNO, security forces are not letting any opportunity to go waste to get any lead about the militants active in these areas.

Sources said that besides raising checkpoints, security forces have started meeting heads of villages and other people who have stayed in their areas so that militants are not able to get any public support.

“Recently several meetings were held with former public representatives and religious leaders where they were told to help security forces in maintaining peace in the region and not allowing militants to intrude in any way into the society and get any kind of support,” said a source.

The security forces believe that with the support of the public, they will be able to eliminate the militants who are active in the region. “Like in the past, we will be able to defeat the nefarious design of the enemy and these terrorists will meet fate like the past,” RR Swain, DGP J&K had said in the past after recent militant activities.

Moving ahead with this formula, security forces have already started reconnecting with the public, which for the past some time was missing since the militancy-related incidents had gone down drastically.

A highly placed source said that people have been told to inform the nearest security forces establishment if any militant visits their homes for food or any other thing. “Security forces understand that the general public can’t deny terrorists anything but once terrorists leave, people can inform security forces so that they are able to get close to eliminating terrorists,” he said.

He added, “But if anyone hides the information, then he or she is not doing any good to him and the society and at that point in time, the person will be considered helping the terrorists, which invites action against him.”