JAMMU: Killing of two gujjar youth at village Kothei in Tehsil Arnia of Jammu with AK 47 rifle allegedly by two cops shows intrusion of criminals in Jammu and Kashmir Police which is not a healthy development for a department which is fighting narco terrorism and militancy in the state besides ensuring law and order in the region.
Sources revealed that two cops of JKP identified as Mohd Sadeeq and Bhupinder Singh riding a Thar Jeep opened fire from automatic AK 47 rifle on three youths riding a Scorpio in Kothe village of Arnia, about forty km from Jammu city.
Consequently, two youths identified as Arif Khan s/o Talib Hussain r/o Chowal and Mohd Sabir s/o Mohd Sayed ro Chai Mohd Yaar, R.S.Pura were killed in this firing, while the third identified as Babar brother of deceased Arif Khan was seriously injured.
Twelve empty shells of AK 47 bullets were recovered from the Thar Jeep alongwith a police uniform. Both the accuseds cops fled from the spot in Scorpio car of victims.
Yet, the police has not ascertain the motive behind these killings but the reliable sources in police avers ” It’s an outcome of dispute over narco trade payments”
This is not the alone incident when criminals in police department have brought disrepute to the uniform which have saga of sacrifices and duty with devotion in militancy infested state.
There is no denying the fact that large number of persons with criminal antecedents have managed to intrude into the police department over the decades especially at lower level. The association of men in uniform with history sheeters and dreaded criminals besides landgabbers and sand mafia is known to everyone.
The LG administration has initiated termination process to shunt out officers and officials of doubtful integrity from government offices. But, the screening in police department has not been carried out at the desired level.
The narco terrorism has already made its presence in every nook and corner of the streets in Jammu as well Kashmir and it’s high time the Home Minister Amit Shah as well as LG Manoj Sinha should act on the dossiers gathering dust in police department about those cops who are hand in gloves with drug suppliers, land grabbers, sand mafia and criminals. The need of the hour is to unmask blacksheeps in Khakhi uniform and terminates them immediately without much delay.
Cops with criminal bent of mind is an open threat to society. Departing such blacksheeps from police department with termination from service would yield desired results in combating criminal activities especially narcotic trade.