Three districts in Kashmir are militancy free and Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT) and Jaish-e-Mohammed, have gone headless after Government forces neutralized their operatives and commanders, Jammu Kashmir Police said.
Additional Director General of Police (Kashmir zone) Vijay Kumar, as per the newspaper Daily Excelsior said that three districts of Bandipora, Kupwara, and Ganderbal are militancy free as there are no active militants in these districts.
He said there are 81 militants at present in Kashmir with 29 being local while 52 are of foreign origin (Pakistanis).
The ADGP said that the security forces have an upper hand now when it comes to containing militancy. “We are working to bring the figure of active, foreign and hybrid militancy to less than 50 in the near future,” the officer said.
He said that in the next two years security forces will wipe out militancy from Kashmir.
Kumar said the LeT and JeM are currently headless after the security forces neutralized their ranks in multiple encounters and operations.
The ADGP added that there were about 15-18 active hybrid militants in Kashmir. He said that most of these are in South Kashmir areas of Pulwama, Shopian, Kulgam and Anantnag districts.
“We have busted as many as 119 modules this year,” ADGP Kumar said.
Quoting an official newspaper Daily Excelsior reported that Farooq Nalli, a Hizbul Mujahideen top operative, is the only active commander — since 2015 — and he is on the radar of the forces.
A police official said that 80 top commanders were active in Kashmir about two years ago, there are only three now. Apart from Nalli, the two others are inactive.