SRINAGAR: The Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police, Ashok Prasad on Tuesday expressed apprehensions of militant strikes on security installations in the valley.
Mr Prasad said he had passed on instructions to his officers to strictly adhere to Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) while on duty.
The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah on Monday said major militant strikes in the valley had been successful due to lapses on part of the security forces.
Mr Prasad has told a local news agency KNS that the level of infiltration has come down, but said there is still presence of militants who, according to him, have been directed (by their bosses) to show their presence by intensifying strikes and carrying fidayeen attacks.
“See the situation has changed and we cannot take the same measures which we would use a decade ago. There cannot be naakaas and frisking of everybody everywhere. But this does not mean that we will act as mute spectators and relax.”
“There has been some laxity which led to many incidents like rifle snatching in Pampore and Tral. But instructions have already been issued to the department to maintain a tight vigil,” the DGP said.
