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Kashmir
sets up committee to scale down security presence
Wednesday, September 29, 2010 09:56:15 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar:
A meeting of the unified command chaired by Jammu and Kashmir
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah Wednesday decided to constitute a
committee that would review and recommend scaling down of security
force presence in the state's urban areas.
"Sixteen bunkers will be removed from Srinagar. A committee will
be constituted that will recommend areas to remove the Disturbed
Areas Act where it is possible," state Principal Secretary (Home)
B.T. Sharma told a press conference after the meeting.
Government sources here said that once the Disturbed Areas Act is
removed from a certain area, the Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA)
would automatically cease to exist there.
A meeting will be held next month that would review the cases of
people detained under the Public Safety Act (PSA), Sharma added.
Several youth have been held under this Act during the past three
months of unrest in the Kashmir Valley.
The meeting was held close on the heels of the eight-point package
announced by Union Home Minister P. Chidambaram to end the cycle
of violence in the Valley.
The chief minister, according to sources, is eager to give
practical shape to his promise of bringing down the presence of
security forces in areas where the law and order situation has
improved.
There has been a public outcry in the Valley during the last three
months of unrest for repealing both the AFSPA and PSA, which are
perceived by people here as harsh and stringent acts giving
sweeping powers to the security forces and the administration.
The Kashmir Valley has been rocked by violence since June 11, that
has seen at least 108 people, mostly youths and teenagers, killed
in firing by security forces on stone-pelting street protesters.
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