After Army Chief Warning to J&K Stone Pelters, Govt. issues advisory

TIL Desk/National/Srinagar/ The Jammu and Kashmir government has issued an advisory asking people to stay away from encounter sites following Army chief Bipin Rawat’s warning of tough action against stone-pelters. District administrations in Srinagar, Budgam and Shopian have advised people not to move towards or assemble near places where encounters take place between security forces and militants to avoid injury and loss of lives.

“Prohibitory restrictions have been imposed within a radius of 3 km from the site of any counter-insurgency operation in the districts,” a government spokesperson said. However, the restrictions shall not apply to the movement of ambulances, medical and paramedical staff and government employees, he said.

The state police have also been asked to impose Section 144 against unlawful assemblies in areas where an encounter on.

General Rawat on Friday warned those attacking security forces during anti-militancy operations of “tough action”, acknowledging that the hostile conduct of locals was causing higher casualties in the Kashmir Valley.