Day 23-no contact with terrorists involved in Dhangri massacre. Track down terrorists involved in Dhangri incident: DGP.

GNSONLINE RAJOURI
SHYAM SOOD

RAJOURI, JANUARY 24 :– Even on day 23, no contact has yet been established with the perpetrators responsible for three terror incidents in the Rajouri and Dhangri areas in which 24 people were injured out of which 9 were killed including two minors.
With the passing of every day, resentment is brewing among the people of districts about the security of their lives as the terrorists involved in these terror incidents are still at large and untraceable.
On the other hand, it has been observed that after the Dhangri massacre the over-ground workers/sympathisers of terror outfits have increased their activities which is evident from the fact that during the last 23 days, the police have recovered & defused four IEDs.
In the wake of increasing terror activities in both the border district of Rajouri & Poonch and to expedite operations to track down the terrorists involved in the Dhangri massacre/terror incidents, DGP Dilbag Singh on Tuesday chaired a high- level security meeting here at Rajouri.
The meeting was attended by Additional DGP (Jammu); GOCs of Infantry Division & Romeo Force; DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range; SSPs of Rajouri & Poonch, CO & other senior officers of IRP & CRPF.
DGP sought the progress of the investigation regarding the Dhangri incident and directed to intensify operations to track down terrorists involved in Rajouri (Dhangri) incident.
“Look at all the angles and work out the involvement of all the anti-national elements (ANEs) and terrorists involved in this heinous crime. Intensify operations with all might to track down the involved terrorists & take stringent action against each and every individual who has provided any support to terrorists in executing the cowardly attack, said DGP, Dilbag Singh.
At about 6.30 pm on January 1, two armed terrorists entered Dhangri village under the jurisdiction of Rajouri police station and opened indiscriminate firing at five houses situated within a radius of about 100 meters.
In this terror attack four persons, including a father-son duo, were killed on the spot while 6 others were injured and later another injured succumbed to injuries in GMC Jammu during treatment.
Before leaving the village, the terrorists planted an IED outside the house of one of the deceased, which was triggered at about 1.30 am on January resulting in the death of two minors, and 9 others were injured.
Earlier on December 16 the same terrorists, it is believed as per eyewitnesses of both the terror incidents, two terrorists opened fire near the Army hospital at Phalyana (Rajouri) in which two cousins were killed and a resident of Uttrakhand was injured.
Immediately after the Dhangri massacre, the top brass of the police, including DGP and Additional DGP (Jammu) camped at Rajouri and supervised the search operations launched to trace and eliminate the perpetrators of both incidents.
But, despite several search operations launched since January 2 and even after specific inputs about the presence of these two terrorists in a village in the Kalakot sub-division, no contact has yet been established with these terrorists.
On Sunday, a joint team of the police, SOG, CRPF & Army on specific inputs, reportedly provided by the rounded-up suspects, launched a search operation in Dassal & adjoining areas (in the vicinity of Rajouri city) & recovered two IEDs (I kg & 1/2 kg).
Both the IEDs were destroyed near Chingus at about 11 pm. The Police have registered a case under sections 13/16/UPA Act & ¾ Explosive Act at Rajouri police station.
On January 18, the residents of ward-1 of Rajouri city detected an IED made in a Tiffin box and placed under a parked truck. The IED was defused on the spot.
Earlier Security Forces during a search operation detected an IED in Dandot village of Kotranka sub-division in Rajouri district and defused the IED on the spot.