Police starts probe after terror outfit issues death threat to officials in J&K
The Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday launched a probe after an alleged death threat was issued by a terror outfit- The Resistance Front (TRF) to the officials retrieving state land in ongoing anti-encroachment drive across the Union Territory.
Simultaneously, the police have also booked an owner of vehicles showroom and other for murderous assault as well as for damaging public property.
In a letter (circulating on social media) terror-outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) has issued a seven-point warning against the ongoing demolition drive in Jammu and Kashmir.
The terror group threatened it would “kill and target anyone” who “owns or drives” the bulldozers or JCBs being used in the anti-encroachment drive and anyone working for the revenue department.
“We have taken cognizance of a threating letter and ascertaining facts,” a top cop said wishing anonymity.
However, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Mukesh Singh did not respond to messages and repeated phone calls.,taking the cognizance of the stone pelting at Malik Market near Bathindi area in which several persons including a cops were injured on Sunday, the government today got several persons including the owner of the car showroom (MG Hector) booked for murderous assault on police and revenue officials on duty and damaging public property.
“A case FIR No. 55/2023 U/S 307/332/336/ 323/341/147/148 IPC 3/4 Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act has been registered at Police Station Trikuta Nagar, Jammu against Mohd Mushtaq Alam son of MohdShoket of Malik Market, Bhatindi, Mohd. Irshad son of Mohd. Ramzan of Malik Market, Bhatindi and Sajad Ahmed ( owner of the car showroom) son of Mohd. Sadiq Beigof Srinagar at present Sunjwan. Police have also secured their arrest”, said a police officer.
He said that the identification of other stone pelters is on. He further said that a Selection Grade constable namely Joginder Paul (posted with SDPO East ) who received injuries in stone pelting has been under treatment in GMC hospital.
In the threat letter, terror group said properties of its supporters were razed and the officials remained “mute spectators”. The terror outfit said it would “target and kill” anyone working for the revenue department or whose machinery was used in the demolition drive.
“…from peon to the clerk to Patwari, Naib Tehsildar or Tehsildar or DC. Involved or not. Whosoever is working in this department (revenue) is on the Target List,” TRF’s warning stated.
In an attempt to provoke the public, the outfit even urged the general public to ‘burn down’ the houses of perpetrators, who, according to the TRF, are officials of the government. The terror group, which is an off-shoot of Pakistan-based Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) said that it would back these attacks and take the onus of these attacks.
“…and the guys doing it will be welcomed into Resistance Fighters ranks,” the terrorist group said.
It further said that J&K’s revenue department employees would be “targeted by every possible means”.
The Resistance Front (TRF) said that its fighters have already been given a green signal to carry out such acts against Indian government officials, who it deemed as ‘traitors’.
Pertinently, the house of a designated Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant, Ashiq Nengroo, allegedly built on encroached government land, was demolished by authorities on Saturday at the New colony in Jammu & Kashmir’s Pulwama district. Nengroo is a commander of the proscribed terror outfit JeM and an accused in the Pulwama attack.
Nengroo’s two-storey house at New Colony in Rajpora was demolished by the district administration in the presence of police. Nengroo was declared as a “designated terrorist” by the central government in April this year.
The Jammu and Kashmir administration on Saturday bulldozed a one-storey building at Lewar village in Pahalgam that belonged to terror group Hizbul Mujahideen’s commander, Amir Khan.
Meanwhile, normalcy remain prevailed in Malik Market on Sunday. The government, however, have also deployed hundreds of the ITBP personnel in the area to thwart any untoward incident.
Worthwhile to mention here that a policeman was injured after an angry mob resorted to stone-pelting and protests during an anti-encroachment drive at Malik Market near Bathindi here on Saturday evening, prompting police to use smoke canisters.
The protesters gathered around a commercial outlet in Malik Market when it was being dismantled by four bulldozers in the presence of civil administration and a strong posse of policemen.
Some people among the mob started pelting stones at the bulldozers in a bid to stop them from dismantling the commercial outlet.The situation soon took an ugly turn and prompted the policemen to fire smoke canisters.
