"Those who support terrorists will be dealt under Enemy Agents Ordinance: J-K DGP Swain
Jun 23, 2024
Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], June 24 : Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) RR Swain on Sunday sternly said that the people who are found supporting terrorists will be dealt under the Enemy Agents Ordinance, which is much harsher than the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
"In J-K we have a special law called Enemy Agents Act/Ordinance, which was made when foreign invaders/raiders, especially Pakistanis, enter India and try to destabilise the system, as they call it, 'to disturb and destabilise the government established by law'. Those who support such terrorists will be termed enemy agents, and the minimum punishment for enemy agents is life term and death. This is a harsher law than UAPA," Swain told reporters.
The law was made to tackle foreign fighters and invaders, especially from Pakistan, who come here and try to disturb and destabilise the government, he said.
On being asked whether trained Pakistani commandos are also part of terrorist activities taking part in Jammu and Kashmir, Swain said that it doesn't make a difference as far as we are concerned, it's actually a matter of tactics.
"Well our understanding is because they are usually not caught alive, we suppose they are caught once we will know the full truth but till that time given the way they are fighting or they are sort of terrorizing, they do not hesitate to kill even a man while walking, so it doesn't make a difference as far as we are concerned, it's actually a matter of tactics. For us he is an enemy, whether he has come from a uniform background, or jail or a terror factory," he added.
"We will try to minimise such losses with the help of training, determination and tactics. We will defeat the enemy and if they think we are shying away just from the fear of losses, they are mistaken," he added.
His statement came in the wake of a series of terror incidents in Jammu and Kashmir in the last two weeks.
DGP Swain expressed concern over the internet becoming the medium for sustaining terrorism in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
"The internet is becoming the medium of sustaining terrorism and separatism in Jammu and Kashmir. If I give such a statement, I am not too far from the truth... Cybercrime is broad in its context. It can be involved in all the other conventional crimes," he said.
