Spike in home attacks, J-K policemen told to stay away for now

April 17, 2017 08:10

With militants continuing to target the houses of policemen in the Valley two more attacks were reported Saturday night J-K Police have asked their men to stop visiting their homes for the next few months, especially in south Kashmir.

Police personnel, especially from south Kashmir, are advised to exercise extreme caution while visiting their homes. They should preferably avoid visiting their homes for the next few months, states a communication sent to all officers from the J&K DGPs office Sunday.

It advised all the heads of various formations to brief their officers and men regarding the threat so the life and property of police personnel were secure.

The advisory follows over a dozen incidents of attacks on families of police personnel in Kulgam and Shopian in South Kashmir. The family members of police personnel deployed in anti-insurgency operations were threatened and asked to

persuade the uniformed men to quit service.

The first incident of militants entering the house of a police personnel was reported in March this year when Hizbul Mujahideen terrorists threatened the family of a deputy superintendent of police in Shopian.

The unprecedented incident had sent shock waves through the police force, prompting the state police chief S P Vaid to issue a warning to militant groups.

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