Police rejects the presence of ISIS in Kashmir, but radicalization

Only Kashmir News Desk
Srinagar, Jan 02 (Only Kashmir): Addressing a press conference in backdrop of the Jama Masjid incident in which ISIS flags were unfurled inside the mosque on Friday, the Jammu and Kashmir Police today rejected the presence of ISIS in trouble-torn Kashmir Valley.
Pertinently, masked youth on Friday storm into Srinagar’s grand mosque and waved ISIS Flags from its pulpit with shoes on, the incident evoked widespread condemnation from all sections of the society.
Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh said that the presence of Global militant outfit ISIS’s footprints in the valley is not huge however a section of youth is being radicalized.
“A section of youth is being radicalised otherwise presence of ISIS is not that big in Kashmir,” Singh said. Singh made these comments while addressing a presser here and was flanked by other senior officers of the police force.
Singh said that it is always pain-full when the youth who have picked up arms are killed in operations. “Kashmir is a secular society and very open but while radicalization on those lines is happening like waving of black flags we saw the other day, ” he said while referring to the recent unveiling of Daesh flags at Jama Masjid pulpit.
He said that by such type of acts, it might be to showcase a larger presence but he said that ‘there is no big presence but radicalization on those lines of youth is happening’. “The killing of youth who have picked up arms is not appreciable at all,” he said. He also said that the youth joining militancy a matter of concern.
Singh said that while neutralizing militants is a success but at the same times losing lives is pain-full and cannot be a thing to be celebrated. “Lives of anyone be militants, forces personnel is very pain-full,” he said. Singh said that he hoped 2019 will be better year and graph of violence comes down.
Inputs: KNO