J&K DGP says will take extra security measures

Srinagar: In the wake of a recent Al-Qaeda video threatening to take the terror outfit’s campaign to India, Jammu and Kashmir Police chief on Thursday said that the security grid will take extra measures to foil any attempt by the militants to set up base in the state.
“We will step up security measures to meet any challenge. For us every militant (irrespective of affiliation) is a threat which has to be neutralised,” Director General of Police (DGP) K Rajendra Kumar told PTI.
The DGP said the security establishment is taking the development very seriously and will meet the challenge.
Kumar was responding to questions about the latest video in which Al Qaeda has claimed that it has established a new branch to wage jihad in India, return Islamic rule and impose sharia in the Indian sub-continent.
Meanwhile, lauding the security apparatus for effectively guarding the borders, the DGP said, “There have been serious ceasefire violations (along the border) and numerous infiltration attempts by militants to sneak in. The border management system has been effective in foiling these attempts.”
He said the recent successful operations against the militants in Kalaroos in Kupwara district and in Pulwama district has been due to the alertness of the security grid in the Valley.
Kumar said the increase in infiltration attempts have come ahead of state assembly elections due to be held later in the year.
“Extra security forces will be coming in to ensure smooth conduct of elections in the state,” he added. (PTI)