Director General of Police, Dilbagh Singh on Sunday said that all security arrangements have been put in place for peaceful polling in the volatile Pulwama and Shopian districts of southern Kashmir.
“Adequate security arrangements have been put in place forthe polling. Hopefully, the voting will be peaceful,” DGP told Greater Kashmir.
“In southern Kashmir, the militant threat is always thereand we are taking care of that,” he said.
The police chief said the polling staff and the materialhave reached the polling booths both in southern Kashmir as well as the Ladakhregion. “Conducive atmosphere has beencreated for voters at both the places,” he said. “We expect huge participation.”
Over 6.97 lakh electors are set to vote in the last phase ofthe parliamentary elections 2019 in Ladakh and Kashmir on May 6.
Ladakh parliamentary constituency and Pulwama-Shopiandistricts of Anantnag parliamentary constituency are going to polls withaggregated electoral strength of 697,148 voters including 357,879 males,335,799 females, 3,456 service voters (3401 male and 55 female) and 14transgender voters.
Meanwhile, the DGP said that the police have got clues intothe killing of BJP leader Ghulam Mohammed Mir. “We have certain clues and weare working on them,” he said. “Soon we will track down the people responsiblefor killing.”
He said they have seized the vehicle in which the militantsescaped. “Every aspect is being investigated,” he said.
Popularly known as Atal, after the BJP’s patriarchAtalBihari Vajpayee, Mir had unsuccessfully contested on the saffron ticketfrom Dooru assembly constituency of south Kashmir in 2008 and 2014.
About the security of the political leaders and theactivists, the DGP said there is proper mechanism and they are sure nobody isfacing problem. “ADGP Security is carrying out security review almost on dailybasis,” he said adding that in case of exigency, timely security is beingprovided.