No additional deployment of forces being done: ADGP Muneer Khan

SRINAGAR — Appealing people not to give ear to rumours, Additional Director General Police (ADGP) Law and Order, Muneer Khan Saturday said that 100 companies of paramilitary forces will replace those personnel of training companies, who are deployed on various duties since last year starting from Urban Local Bodies elections.

“Around 200 training companies are presently performing duties in the Valley which are to be replaced in phased manner. More training companies will be relived in due course of time with fresh forces. Presently, around 200 companies of paramilitary are deployed in Kashmir,” he said.

“Reality is that 200 training companies of paramilitary forces were in Kashmir since the commencement of Urban Local Body elections. They had come from outside State and are performing their duties since then without any break and were overstretched. Now, they will be replaced by these 100 companies and it is a routine exercise being carried out. In the first phase, 100 companies will replace the training companies and in the next phase, another 100 companies will replace the rest of the training companies,” Khan said.

Asked to comment about the apprehensions of the people that Centre was planning to revoke Article 35-A after August 15 due to which the additional deployments were being made, the ADGP Khan said, “It is rumour mongering and there is no truth in it. These apprehensions are totally unfounded.”