90% drop in stone-pelting incidents in the Valley: DGP
JAMMU Jammu and Kashmir Police chief SP Vaid has said there has been a 90% fall in incidents of stone-pelting in the Kashmir Valley in 2017 till now as compared to last year and credited the people of Kashmir for the improvement in the law and order situation.
Raids conducted by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), he said, were alone not responsible for the change in situation in the Kashmir valley and maintained there were multiple factors at play including demonetisation and action against top militant commanders.
The director general of police (DGP) said it was normal to witness 40-50 incidents of stone-pelting in a day last year.
“There are weeks when there is not even a single case of stonepelting while in a day (last year) there used to be more than 50 incidents taking place.There is a huge change in the mood of people”, he said. “Law and order situation in Kashmir is for everybody to see, particularly those living in Kashmir or those dealing with it,” he added.
The police chief said there was an improvement of the situation in Kashmir due to demonetisation, arrest of terror supporters and increase in political activity.