War against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir not fully over: DG Police

The war against militancy in Jammu and Kashmir is not completely over and the security forces may suffer losses but will not withdraw from the fight, union territory Director General of Police RR Swain said here on Monday.

The armed forces, he said, were trying to minimize losses.

“If the challenge is to move forward even if we have to bear losses… then we will not shy away from that challenge,” the top police officer of Jammu and Kashmir added.

He was speaking to reporters after paying obeisance at Srinagar’s Chatipadshai Gurudwara on the occasion of Gurpurab.

This war is not completely over yet. The war will only end when one side recognizes that there is no benefit in it and that it will bring them nothing but bloodshed. Until then, as far as our struggle is concerned, it is a reality that losses will occur, but we must move forward by bearing those losses. We cannot shy away from this war, Swain said.

Replying to a question, he said infiltration is increasing at some places and decreasing at some others with every snowfall.

It is a matter of strategy and cannot be discussed publicly, he said.

Last week, five army personnel, including two captains, were killed in an operation in Rajouri. In the same operation, two terrorists, including a top Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) commander trained in Afghanistan, were gunned down.