Terrorist activities down in J&K but drug abuse rising: DGP

JAMMU: Terrorist activities have come down in Jammu and Kashmir but there is an alarming increase in drug abuse here, J&K police chief Dilbag Singh said on Saturday, attributing the trend to Pakistan’s design to replicate here what it had done in Punjab after militancy was wiped out from there.

“…When militancy was about to fail and die down in Punjab, Pakistan started sending drugs in a big way. What happened there is being repeated in Jammu and Kashmir. Pakistan is trying the same tactics (to ruin the lives of our youth),” Singh said.

Addressing a workshop titled “Investigation of NDPS and Rape/POCSO case and CCTNS”, organized by Crime Branch here, the J&K director general of police said the Union Territory has seen a sharp increase in drug abuse. (AGENCIES)