09-15-2012, 09:07 PM
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The Enemy Within
The complicity of some J&K policemen in militancy-related activities has now become an issue of major concern, as modules operating with their help have been particularly difficult to identify and neutralize.
AJIT KUMAR SINGH
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On August 21, 2012, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police neutralized a militant module involved in all the 13 attacks that Srinagar had witnessed since January 1, 2011, with the arrest of two persons: a policeman, Abdul Rashid Shigan, and a released Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, Imtiyaz Ahmad Gojri alias Raashid. Operating under the shadow name of Omar Mukhtar and General Usman, Shigan was acting as spokesman for Kashmir Islamic Movement (KIM), a shadow outfit of HM. Shigan was the co-conspirator as well as the executor. Meanwhile, on August 27, 2012, police arrested Manzoor Ahmad Chiloo, a released militant (he was 'divisional commander' of HM), and the mastermind of all these attacks.
The arrest of a policeman in a militancy infested region is not a surprising development. J&K has seen several such arrests in past. According to the partial data compiled by the Institute for Conflict Management, a total of 21 policemen were arrested for their links with militants since 1990. More worryingly, while there were only three such arrests till 2009, 2010 alone witnessed four arrests and it increased to seven in 2011. The current year has already witnessed seven such arrests. Apart from these policemen, four army personnel and a central reserve police force trooper have also been arrested since 1990.
The Enemy Within
The complicity of some J&K policemen in militancy-related activities has now become an issue of major concern, as modules operating with their help have been particularly difficult to identify and neutralize.
AJIT KUMAR SINGH
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On August 21, 2012, the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) police neutralized a militant module involved in all the 13 attacks that Srinagar had witnessed since January 1, 2011, with the arrest of two persons: a policeman, Abdul Rashid Shigan, and a released Hizb-ul-Mujahideen (HM) militant, Imtiyaz Ahmad Gojri alias Raashid. Operating under the shadow name of Omar Mukhtar and General Usman, Shigan was acting as spokesman for Kashmir Islamic Movement (KIM), a shadow outfit of HM. Shigan was the co-conspirator as well as the executor. Meanwhile, on August 27, 2012, police arrested Manzoor Ahmad Chiloo, a released militant (he was 'divisional commander' of HM), and the mastermind of all these attacks.
The arrest of a policeman in a militancy infested region is not a surprising development. J&K has seen several such arrests in past. According to the partial data compiled by the Institute for Conflict Management, a total of 21 policemen were arrested for their links with militants since 1990. More worryingly, while there were only three such arrests till 2009, 2010 alone witnessed four arrests and it increased to seven in 2011. The current year has already witnessed seven such arrests. Apart from these policemen, four army personnel and a central reserve police force trooper have also been arrested since 1990.