DGP gives consent to seizure of five vehicles used in terror crimes

SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir director general of police (DGP) Dilbagh Singh has approved the seizure of five vehicles that were used in terror crimes in various parts of the Valley during counter-terrorism operations, officials said.

“District police Kulgam and Budgam got approval from DGP Dilbag Singh under Section 25 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 for seizure of five vehicles used in terror crimes,” a police spokesman said.

One such vehicle was seized on April 24 in south Kashmir’s Kulgam district, when security forces got an input that police constable Sartaj Ahmad Ittoo had been kidnapped by some unknown militants in a Santro car.

In another incident, on June 4, the station house officer of Yaripora police station while patrolling at the main market, noticed a Santro car without a registration number and signalled it to stop for checking.

“As the police party moved towards the vehicle, four terrorists sitting inside started firing indiscriminately. The fire was retaliated and the terrorists managed to flee leaving behind the vehicle, from which, a doctor’s slip, a waterproof jacket, two registration number plates and a phone were found,” the spokesman said.

In May, police said the incharge of counter insurgency unit, Nowbugh, stopped an i-20 vehicle at Kilkadal Chadoora for checking. “During the search, 10 posters, a matrix sheet of JeM and Rs 42,000 were recovered from Mohammad Lateef Koka and Younus Manzoor Waza, who were boarding the said vehicle. It was established that the vehicle has been used to facilitate the movement of terrorists and incriminating material from one place to another.