LG administration demolishes illegal house of JeM commander Ashiq Nengroo

Illegally constructed on state land!

• He is wanted in the case of Pulwama carnage in which 40 CRPF personnel were martyred.
• The Lt Governor Mr Manoj Sinha is in no mood to spare any militant or any person involved in any sort of illegalities in J&K.

jj correspondent

Srinagar, Dec 10: The Lt Governor Manoj Sinha has sent a very clear message to the people of Jammu & Kashmir that no one is bigger than law of land and the law will take its own course of action. This is not the first instance that Lt Governor Administration has pulled down the house constructed on the state but there are several instances.
The illegally constructed residence of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM) militant commander Ashiq Nengroo on state land was demolished by the authorities in Jammu and Kashmir’s Pulwama district on Saturday, officials said.
The two-storey house at New Colony in Rajpora had come up on state land, the official claimed. It was demolished by the district administration in the presence of police.
Nengroo is a wanted JeM commander and an accused in the 2019 Pulwama attack in which 40 CRPF personnel were killed.
In April this year, the central government declared Nengroo as a “designated militant” under the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.
In a notification, the Union home ministry said Nengroo has been involved in the infiltration of militants into Jammu and Kashmir and has also been responsible for perpetrating various militant incidents in the Union Territory.
He is running a militant syndicate in Kashmir and is now “engaged in a perilous campaign to orchestrate militant in Jammu and Kashmir”, remote controlled from Pakistan, the ministry had said.
Meanwhile, militant outfit The Resistance Front (TRF) opposed the demolition of the house and threatened officials and police personnel with dire consequences.
Police officials, however, sought to downplay the threats issued by TRF, a shadow outfit of the JeM, saying this was a desperate attempt by the militants who had been cornered.
Several organisations have hailed the decision of Lt Governor administration for pulling down the house of hard core militants who has built his house on state land by using the influence of militancy. They opined that the government should decimate the houses of other hardcore militants who have done bloodshed in the country and a stern action must be taken against those who are sympathizers of the militants and sitting in administration.