Anti-fidayeen squad formed in Jammu

Tribune News Service

Jammu, August 10

The Jammu police have constituted an anti-fidayeen squad after they received a threatening letter which said serial blasts would be carried out in Jammu on Independence Day.

The squad will deal with any kind of situation during these days. It will keep an eye on the situation in Jammu district from District Police Lines, Jammu, where it will gather all information from sources.

“The anti-fidayeen squad will be armed with automatic weapons and two teams will be ready round the clock. The job of the teams will be to react immediately in case of any untoward situation and provide support to security forces,” said a source in the Police Department.

The police have taken the letter seriously, but claim that it may be a handiwork of some miscreants.

The police are taking all precautionary measures to avoid disturbance on August 15.

Meanwhile, the Special Operations Group (SOG) of the police today held a crackdown in various areas of the city to see the preparedness and ensure foolproof security. “This type of crackdown will continue till Independence Day and the SOG will be holding different types of drills and searches to ensure against any untoward incident in the winter capital,” said a police officer.

Govt cautioned against ignoring Jammu region  

Amid speculation that the Union government is going to engage into a dialogue with the Hurriyat Conference and other separatist groups to bring normalcy in the turbulent Kashmir valley, political and social activists of Jammu have warned the Centre against ignoring the Jammu and Ladakh regions. All Jammu Civil Society Forum on Wednesday cautioned the Centre against ignoring vast bigger regions of Jammu and Ladakh, which it said were suffering due to non-governance and apathy. The Congress also warned the government against ignoring Jammu in any dialogue process while emphasising the need of involving all stakeholders. — TNS