Forces violated ‘co-ordination’ directive KT NEWS SERVICE SRINAGAR, Apr 25: The Kellar incident has once again exposed the open violation by various security agencies of a directive from top regarding coordination while carry out operations.
There is a clear cut direction to all the security agencies that they must inform the local police while carrying out any operation or raid.
Chief minister Omar Abdullah, who also heads the unified headquarter, had himself directed all the security agencies, operating in the state, to make local police part of every operation.
The direction came after the killing of two youth in Bomai-Sopore by army on February 21, 2009.
Reports from the ground indicate that the security forces mostly ignore the directive.
They prefer carrying out operation on their own without informing the police if the information regarding the presence of militants is provided by their own sources.
However, if the information comes from police, then only the security forces allow the cops to accompany them.
After the killing of 50 year old Ghulam Ahmad Kalis at Chewan-Kellar yesterday, police has lodged a strong protest with army authorities that the army personnel had not informed the Kellar police station about its operation in the area.
Sources said the security men belonged to the army camp at Abhama and had moved into Cherwan in Kellar for the operation.
After Kalis' killing, defence spokesman had yesterday stated that the security forces had laid an ambush in the area following intelligence inputs regarding presence of militants there.
But the security men laid an ambush without informing Kellar police station about it.
“The killing could have been avoided if police accompanied the army personnel,” said a police officer.
The killing in Kellar evoked a strong reaction with protestors setting ablaze two army trucks and army again opening fire on protestors injuring four more.
Sources in the government said the lack of coordination between the security agencies and police also exist due to mistrust.
While this mistrust may have been reduced at various top levels but it continues to exist at important ground level.
This mistrust had started with the eruption of militancy in 1989.
In the early years of militancy, the local police completely disassociated itself with anti militancy operations.
The custodial killing of a police man, picked up from Hazratbal by security forces, led to a revolt by cops, who had taken over the control of police control, in April 1993.
The revolt was put to an end through an army operation.
To involve local police in anti militancy operations, police task force was created in 1994.
It was later re-named as special operations group (SOG).
While it did achieve some success but its men resorted to worst kind of human rights violations.
Later the police stations at cities and towns were also made operational.
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