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“It is premature for us to determine their identity,” Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Range) B Srinivas told reporters after a function here. “We have so far not been able to ascertain the identity of the two militants killed in Kupwara.”
Srinivas said that the J-K Police were in-touch with concerned the state police to identify the slain militants. “As and when we get the information, we will give it to you (mediapersons),” he said.
The IGP added that the police had made its assumptions regarding the home state of the killed militants on the basis of various documents found on the men. “All we said was that we had recovered some literature in the Malayalam language and the identity cards from the possession of the slain militants,” Srinivas said.
Based on their preliminary investigations, the J-K police had earlier claimed that the two slain militants belonged hailed from Kerala and were members of the militant outfit Lashkar-e-Toiba. The police had further revealed that an identity card was recovered from one of the dead men identified him as Shakeel Mohammad of 383 Chowk, Kovalam, Kerala.
J-K police officials had even said that they were on the lookout for three more militants from the same group who were trying to cross over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK). Meanwhile, the police in Kerala deny that the militants belong to their state.
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It is a shame that this blame game is on. A paper in Malayalam doesn't certify someone to be from some region. Also, is it not a stunt for the coming General Elections?? Are we citizens being mislead towards terrorism leaving behind floods, poverty, inflation, infrastructure, naxals and other issues of national importance?? Can anyone stand up to answer not just from among the Ruling party but Politicians in General??
I don't think there's any shame in identifying the state with regard to the terrorists, the reason being it'll help identify the source and take appropriate actions. Having said that, the government should not just focus on one type of terrorism and be blind to equally nefarious terrorist act perpertrated by organisations such as Bajran dal, VHP etc. They need to be brought to book too, and the states that harbour and encourage them should also have a mention in the press.
According to latest reports, the slain terrorists were from MARS!The J