8 militants surrendered in encounters this year: IGP

Precious Kashmir News

Srinagar, Oct 28: Police Wednesday said this year eight militants have surrendered before troops during live encounters across Kashmir.

Talking to reporters in Srinagar, Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir Vijay Kumar said one good thing has been happening this year that surrenders took place during live encounters as well.

ā€œThis year so far eight surrenders took place in live encounters in the Valley of which five militants surrendered this month so far,ā€ he said.

Terming the surrender of militants as a ā€œpositive developmentā€, IGP reiterated his appeal to the new militant recruits to return and join the mainstream.

On encounters taking place in Srinagar and city outskirts, he said it was because of the smooth flow of intelligence inputs and other technical information, police comes to know about the militant movement in the city.

ā€œPolice has a good network in the city,ā€ he said.Ā  (KNO)

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