Jammu: Accusing Pakistan’s army and Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) of controlling narcotics smuggling through terror groups and pushing drugs into the Indian side, Jammu and Kashmir Director General of Police (DGP) Nalin Prabhat said on Thursday that the fight against drugs and militancy will be fought “on the same pedestal”.
He also called for a crackdown on public consumption of liquor in vehicles in the region.
“The fight against drugs will be on an equal pedestal as combating terrorism,” Prabhat said during an interaction at the Thana Diwas programme here.
The Director General of Police emphasised that the drug menace is a reality and efforts to combat it are inadequate.
“No matter how much we fight, it is still inadequate. The police are fighting it. The law is fighting it. It is an organised crime network,” he said while accusing agencies from Pakistan of pushing the contraband “from our western borders”.
“It is being controlled by Pakistan’s army and ISI through their terror outfits to engineer smuggling into our territory… This is a challenge, and the police will continue to fight it until the end,” he said.
“We are fighting it, but society has to come forward,” he said and suggested monitoring the activities of children at the family level.
He lamented lack of parental oversight and noted that even schoolchildren, in uniform, are found selling small bags of drugs and other contraband substances. “There needs to be a focus on this,” he said
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