Jammu(Jammu and Kashmir): Police in Kishtwar district of Jammu and Kashmir has appealed to civilians to refrain from wearing combat or army-pattern dresses, besides this advising the shopkeepers not to sell such clothing as terrorists camouflage themselves in army uniforms to carry out their evil desires.
Police also asked the youth in the hilly district to use social media to spread awareness and start a campaign to prevent misuse of the army uniform and equipment.
"The general public is appealed to refrain from wearing army-pattern or combat dresses while the shopkeepers are advised not to sell combat dresses or army uniform, as anti-national elements or militants use such dress to pretend themselves as security personnel in order to carry out their evil desires," the Kishtwar police said in a statement.
However, it said that traders and shopkeepers who are interested in selling army uniforms advised approaching the local police stations for establishing their business units in approved areas only.
"The youth is also exhorted to use social media to spread awareness and start a campaign to prevent misuse of army uniform and equipment so that militants or anti-national elements may not take advantage of such dresses which could lead to major security lapse," the statement said.
The district, which falls in the Jammu region and had been declared terrorism-free about a decade ago, was rattled by the killing of state secretary of the BJP, Anil Parihar, and his brother, Ajeet Parihar, on November 1, 2018.
