NEW DELHI: Incidents of stone-pelting in the Kashmir Valley have reduced by half this year due to "effective" action by security forces and probe agencies against separatists and others, the CRPF DG said on Wednesday. "Our assessment is that situation in the Kashmir Valley has improved," he said, adding the CRPF was coordinating with the NIA in its crackdown against separatists and their operatives. "We have not allowed violent mobs to interfere in the conduct of anti-militancy operations.There is a very close coordination between the J&K Police, the CRPF and the Army," he said. The CRPF top boss said a number of steps were taken in the recent past like re-positioning of troops, new strategies and standard operating procedures, to achieve the results seen now. "With the use of less lethal weapons (pellet guns and pump action guns) we're able to minimise injuries to troops and also to the mob," he said.

Source: Times of India July 27, 2017 01:12 UTC