Gujjar man killing: Police announces Rs 10 L for info of terrorist, search ops on

ADGP reviews security in Rajouri

Jammu: J&K Police on Tuesday said they identified the attacker responsible for shooting dead a man Monday night in Kunda village of Rajouri district.
Police identified the perpetrator of the attack by his alias only, which they said is Abu Hamza. They have put a reward of Rs 10,00,000 on him while assuring that the informer’s identify would be kept secret.
Hamza as per police has been involved in various terror acts including, “radicalization, recruitment, and terror funding,” police said.
On Monday late evening, a Govt employee posted in Integrated Child Development Scheme (ICDS) was shot dead by suspected terrorists in village Kunda Tope near Shahdhara Sharief of Thanamandi police station in Rajouri district.
The terrorists had barged to the house of victim and fired indiscriminately on victim and his brother who is a serving soldier of Indian Army’s Territorial Army battalion.
The army soldier Tahir Hussain escaped unhurt as he fled from the site but victim Abdul Razaq, son of Mohammad Akbar was shot dead by suspected terrorists.
Massive Cordon and Search Operation was launched after the incident.
On Tuesday, thousands of people gathered in the area and visited the house of victim offering condolences.
Last rites and Nimaz e Janaza were performed by villagers wherein people condemned the target killing.
Father of victim namely Mohammad Akbar son of Slah Mohammad was killed by terrorists twenty-one years ago. He was Naib Sarpanch of the area at that time.
Razaq was appointed in the social welfare department on compassionate grounds after his father’s killing and was working as a junior assistant in the department. Razaq’s eldest son is just 15 years old.
Meanwhile, the Jammu and Kashmir Additional Director General of Police Anand Jain on Tuesday reviewed the security situation in the Rajouri district.
He stressed the need to maintain surveillance in the area in view of the ongoing Lok Sabha elections to prevent any disturbance by anti-national elements.
Jain impressed upon the urgent need to leverage technology for the identification of terror networks and to emphasise on the use of data analytics to enhance functional efficiency.
Jain, who visited Rajouri to oversee and reinforce security measures in the border district, conducted a security review meeting which was attended by key stakeholders, including senior police officials. The meeting served as a platform to assess the existing security landscape and strategise for enhanced vigilance.
The ADGP was briefed about the security measures in place to tackle any untoward incidents across the Rajouri-Poonch districts as well as the Jammu province.
Discussions revolved around various aspects of security, encompassing threat assessments, countermeasures and collaborative efforts among the security agencies, they said.
He stressed the need for enhanced security measures and proactive operations against the terrorist networks in Rajouri. It was stressed to maintain surveillance in the area by all the stakeholders, especially with the elections round the corner, to prevent any action by anti-national elements, they said.
The meeting also highlighted the need to generate actionable inputs to thwart attempts by the anti-national elements to disturb the elections.
It underscored the imperative of synergy and coordination among different security agencies to ensure the seamless conduct of the upcoming elections and to address any emerging security challenges effectively, they said.