Jammu and Kashmir’s new police chief Rashmi Ranjan Swain pledges tougher anti-militancy campaign

Rashmi Ranjan Swain, the new police chief of Jammu and Kashmir, promised on Saturday to launch a more vigorous campaign against militancy and to make sure that no one in the Union Territory supported terrorism that was sponsored by Pakistan.

Hours after the Jammu and Kashmir government forbade government workers from taking part in strikes or protests and threatened to take harsh action if they did, the director general of police made remarks.

Before taking over as DGP on October 31, Swain oversaw the very strong CID department in Jammu and Kashmir. On Saturday, he paid a visit to the house of policeman Ghulam Mohammad Dar, who was slain by terrorists.

On the first day of Swain's new duty, Dar was assassinated at his house in the Baramulla hamlet of Kralpora. He is survived by his wife and seven kids.

There is universal agreement that those seated in Pakistan have not abandoned their ambitions, according to Swain.

They will carry out their plans, but if anything changes in this circumstance, they will all fall through. The people who are organizing this will send the militants here, but nobody will be present to support them.

"We do not control the territory of Pakistan," he said. They send personnel, weapons, ammo, and drugs here. They don't send funds for the construction of roads, hospitals, universities, or schools. When no one is there to support their schemes, we will be successful in thwarting them. We're going to make it happen.

According to Swain, murdering "any of our colleagues or common citizens" will not be permitted "beginning this winter."

He said, "Anyone who is aiding them (the militants), whether on the outside or within, will be held accountable."

According to the DGP, the police were following up on tips they had on the militants responsible for Dar's death.

Swain was the head of the CID when Iltija Mufti, the daughter of the late chief minister Mehbooba Mufti, accused the agency in April of harassing and persecuting Kashmiris.

"In Nazi Germany, the police wing known as the Gestapo was responsible for harassing and persecuting Jews," Iltija had said.

"In the same way, the CID's sole purpose in this place is to crush Kashmiris, persecute them, steal their jobs, and file cases against them under the anti-terrorism law, UAPA."

After receiving a passport unique to her nation that permitted her to go alone to the United Arab Emirates for further education, Iltija made her remarks. Eventually, after a "long legal battle," she was granted a standard passport.

Her claims have been refuted by the CID.

Iltija had said that Delhi was "criminalising" the ability of common Kashmiris to go outside for employment and education by employing the CID. She had mentioned individuals—including journalists—who had been put on "no-fly lists" in order to prevent them from traveling overseas.