Bodies of terrorists buried off quietly: Cops cite social distancing norms
New Delhi, May 10: The police chief of Jammu and Kashmir, Dilbag Singh said that a decision not to hand over bodies of terrorists to the families and also to bury them quietly was taken to ensure social distancing norms during the coronavirus outbreak.
The police are however allowing burials by the families subject to the condition that no crowds gather at the site.
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The body of top Hizbul Mujahideen terrorist Riyaz Naikoo was buried quietly. The body was not handed over to the family in a bid to avoid glorifying him and also to prevent large crowds from gathering.
The body was buried off in an undisclosed location. This has been a norm for sometime in the Valley as funerals of terrorists had started gathering huge crowds. Moreover the funerals had started becoming glorification events.
Naikoo was killed in an encounter with security forces on Wednesday. He had been on the run for the past 8 years and on several occasions given the forces the slip.
The problem that the security agencies have faced in the past is the crowding at terrorist funerals. During those times, it caused a security problem and today there is an added problem of coronavirus, which requires social distancing.
Jammu
and
Kashmir
too
has
been
hit
by
the
pandemic
and
the
administration
has
been
advising
social
distancing.
It
was
only
recently
following
the
killing
of
a
terrorist
in
Sopore
that
large
crowds
turned
up
at
his
funeral.
However,
the
security
forces
have
now
shifted
their
strategy
and
have
successfully
ensured
quiet
funerals
for
these
terrorists.
Last
month,
the
authorities
managed
to
bury
four
terrorists
quietly
at
Ganderbal.
They
were
killed
in
a
gunfight
in
Shopian
in
South
Kashmir.
On
April
17,
two
terrorists
were
killed
in
an
encounter
at
Shopian.
The
two
who
were
killed
were
quietly
buried
at
Baramulla
in
north
Kashmir
the
same
day
after
all
formalities
were
completed.
In both these cases, the police said that the terrorists were not identified. However, in the Shopian case, the families claimed that the two terrorists were their sons. They have now approached the District Magistrate demanding that the bodies are handed over.
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This is a clear message that the forces and the authorities are sending out to ensure that these terrorists are not buried in the presence of large crowds. Large crowds gathering especially in a situation like this is nothing but a nightmare. First and foremost it is a security issue and secondly, all efforts being made by the administration to curb the spread of the pandemic will be lost, an official informed OneIndia.
In
the
previous
funerals,
crowds
had
gathered
in
Kulgam.
The
police
had
a
tough
time
in
controlling
the
crowds.
Following
this,
an
FIR
was
filed
and
100
persons
were
arrested.
In
recent
times
bodies
of
only
five
terrorists
have
been
handed
over
to
the
families.
The
families
have
to
undertake
that
the
funerals
will
be
held
quietly
and
if
found
violating
the
same,
stringent
action
would
follow.