KISHTWAR The curfew, imposed on Thursday night, was relaxed in Kishtwar for around two hours on Saturday even as advisor to Governor, K Vijay Kumar visited district and convened a joint meeting with top level officers Civil Administration, Police, Army and CRPF to review the present Law and Order situation.
Area wise curfew relaxation was given in Kishtwar town from 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm and then from 3:45 pm to 04:45 pm, the officials said. During the period, the situation remained quite under control. People came out of their houses and purchased essential commodities.
Meanwhile the advisor directed SIT, constituted to investigate the killing of BJP State General Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar to expedite the probe.
He was accompanied by Principal Secretary, Home, RK Goyal, DGP, Dilbagh Singh, Divisional Commissioner, Jammu, Sanjeev Verma.
IGP Jammu SD Singh Jamwal, DIG (DKR) Rafiq-ul- Hassan, Deputy Commissioner Kishtwar Angrez Singh Rana, SSP Kishtwar Rajinder Kumar Gupta, GoC Delta Force, CO CRPF and other top level officers were present in the meeting.
The Advisor instructed the officers of security agencies to ensure the sufficient deployment of security personnel at all sensitive and hyper-sensitive places in the district.
The Advisor instructed the SIT, constituted to probe into the killing, headed by ASP Kishtwar, Prabeet Singh Parihar, to expedite the investigation process and complete the investigation as early as possible.
Deputy Commissioner, Kishtwar, Angrez Singh Rana briefed the chair about the current law and order situation of the district.
Kumar also instructed the concerned officers to sternly deal with those who create any kind of trouble in the area.
Later, Legislators Sunil Sharma, Bali Bhagat, G.M Saroori, Firdous Ahmed Tak also met with the Advisor and demanded early investigation in the killing of duo brothers.
The representatives of Sanatan Dharam Sabha, Kishtwar and Shoura Majlis Committee, Kishtwar also apprised the Advisor about the incident and assured the chair for maintaining communal harmony, peace and brotherhood under all circumstances.
Killings Aimed To Disturb Peace: Madhav ; The governor rule will continue till the middle of December
The Bhartiya Janata Party General Secretary Ram Madhav on Saturday said that the killings of his party leaders in Jammu were carried out to perturb peace in the Kashmir Valley.
The BJP State Secretary Anil Parihar and his brother Ajit Parihar were shot dead by unknown gunmen in Kishtwar on Thursday. Following the incident, a curfew has been imposed in Kishtwar even as police probe the matter.
“There was pressure on (militants) in the Jammu and Kashmir Valley. In order to rake up trouble, they aimed at peaceful areas. It is shocking. The perpetrators of this attack should not be spared and the authorities should catch hold of the culprits,” Ram Madhav said.
In June, the BJP pulled out of a coalition with People’s Democratic Party in Jammu and Kashmir, saying that the three-year alliance had become “untenable” in the wake of increasing violence. Governor rule was imposed in the state thereafter.
“The government was not doing their bit. That is why we withdrew from it. The governor rule will continue till the middle of December,” said Ram Madhav.
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