IGP says 69 FIRs have been registered over unrest that left police, safety personnel and civilians injured
AJK Chief Secretary Khushal Khan and Inspector Common of Police Captain (Retired) Liaquat Ali Malik tackle a press convention in Muzaffarabad on Monday. SCREENGRAB
No less than 122 individuals have been arrested in instances associated to assaults on police personnel, accidents to law-enforcement officers and injury to public property throughout unrest in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), Inspector Common of Police (IGP) Captain (retd) Liaquat Ali Malik mentioned on Monday.
Talking at a press convention alongside AJK Chief Secretary Khushal Khan in Muzaffarabad, Malik mentioned 69 FIRs had been registered in opposition to teams concerned within the unrest and that 122 “disruptive components” had up to now been arrested in reference to the 2025 Chamyati incidents.
He mentioned the instances associated to assaults during which police personnel have been killed or injured and public property was broken, including that the state had exercised “endurance and restraint” whereas making an attempt to resolve the scenario peacefully.
The IGP mentioned the press convention was held to pay tribute to police and different law-enforcement personnel who had been killed in the course of the unrest, in addition to to their injured colleagues and households. He mentioned the personnel had sacrificed their lives for the safety and peace of Kashmir whereas making an attempt to forestall armed teams from disrupting public order and “Kashmiriyat”.
In keeping with Malik, some teams had used calls for for public rights as a canopy to pursue private loyalties or act at another person’s route. He mentioned such teams had repeatedly known as for “complete closure”, tried to carry the state hostage, attacked law-enforcement companies and burned authorities property.
The state had repeatedly proven “endurance and restraint” and given peace an opportunity, together with in the course of the newest unrest, he mentioned. “Regardless of this, as much as right now, no entry or exit level has been closed. Life is constant usually, site visitors is shifting, and markets are open,” he added.
Malik additional mentioned efforts to pursue an agenda aimed toward disrupting the elections had failed, with elections held and an elected authorities subsequently shaped. The IGP mentioned the federal government had accepted calls for it thought of “affordable” and “logical” and had continued efforts to keep up regulation and order peacefully.
From October 1, 2025 to June 4, 2026, he mentioned, the message accompanying each speech and exercise had been “complete closure”.
The scenario escalated once more on the evening of June 4-5, when law-enforcement personnel have been attacked and several other have been killed, he mentioned. “After that, to keep up the writ of the state, keep regulation and order and train its authority, the state used the minimal use of drive and tried to keep up peace,” he added.
Police, Rangers, Frontier Constabulary (FC) personnel and civilians suffered casualties in the course of the unrest, with greater than 1,000 individuals injured, based on the IGP. “After so many sacrifices, peace is seen in Kashmir, and the police and different law-enforcement companies are nonetheless standing agency and performing their obligation for the peace of Kashmir,” he mentioned.
Malik additionally referred to an incident in Chamyati nearly a yr earlier, saying teams had equally tried to carry the state hostage and attacked police.
Three police personnel, Constable Tahir Rafiq, Constable Muhammad Jameel and Head Constable Muhammad Khurshid, have been killed by gunfire, he mentioned. He added that the our bodies of the martyred personnel have been later desecrated and that video proof of the incident existed.
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The IGP mentioned 409 police personnel had been subjected to violence in the course of the unrest, with some shot and others crushed with sticks. “This isn’t a one-sided state narrative. Anybody can go to the Joint Awami Motion Committee’s Fb pages and see what they themselves are saying and displaying,” he mentioned.
He mentioned movies posted by the teams confirmed individuals expressing delight in assaults on police, the alleged desecration of our bodies, the burning of presidency automobiles and assaults on different law-enforcement companies. He urged individuals to look at what he described because the teams’ “actual face” via movies posted on their Fb pages.
Malik additionally mentioned some movies confirmed armed teams confronting the state, inciting individuals, making an attempt to disrupt the schooling system, calling for rebel, attacking law-enforcement companies and abducting or holding personnel hostage.
The IGP then confirmed a brief video ready for the press convention depicting what he described as “violence and brutality”. He mentioned a number of different graphic movies had not been proven due to moral and media issues.
Chief Secretary Khushal Khan mentioned the scenario had deteriorated in June following a sequence of earlier incidents, ultimately main to an entire shutdown, strikes and highway blockades throughout AJK. “Thank god, the individuals of Kashmir not solely foiled this however, whereas cooperating with the federal government, we confined these disruptive components to a really small space,” he mentioned.
He additional acknowledged that the federal government’s writ had since been restored and an elected constitutional authorities had been established, with the prime minister and president having taken their oaths of workplace. “Our markets and public life have been restored,” he added.
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Khan additionally mentioned police had remained vigilant in opposition to disruptive components and that law-enforcement companies had labored collectively to comprise the scenario.
He added that the press convention was additionally being held because the state marked one yr for the reason that deaths of law-enforcement personnel, including that the event was meant to pay tribute to the martyrs. He additionally expressed hope that the remaining gaps throughout Kashmir can be addressed within the coming days.
Malik additional mentioned the state had continued to train restraint regardless of what he described as “armed terrorism in opposition to the state”.
He additionally mentioned the federal government had accepted calls for it thought of “affordable” and “logical” and had continued to pursue peace whereas exercising its authority. “This demonstrates that the state workout routines endurance and restraint, however the state doesn’t neglect,” he added.
He warned that the state didn’t forgive disruptive components and that the restraint proven in the direction of them had been short-term and within the “bigger curiosity”. “If anybody thinks that they will put on a masks, martyr police, FC, Rangers and the state won’t act or will shut its eyes, that doesn’t occur,” he mentioned.
The IGP mentioned the state would determine and pursue these answerable for killing police and different law-enforcement personnel and injuring officers. “There could be a delay, there will likely be no forgiveness,” he mentioned. He added those that had fired on the state can be punished based on regulation and “won’t be forgiven”.
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Sustaining peace and regulation and order remained the duty of police and different law-enforcement companies, Malik mentioned, including that they might proceed to fulfil that duty.
The IGP paid tribute to the martyrs of Chamyati, Dhabla Courts and different incidents throughout AJK, saying their sacrifices had helped set up peace. He additionally paid tribute to the households and heirs of the fallen personnel. “We won’t neglect the sacrifices of our martyrs, and we won’t let their blood go in useless,” Malik mentioned.
He mentioned the bloodshed for peace in AJK can be honoured and that the state would do all the things potential throughout the regulation to keep up peace and defend the lives, property and dignity of the individuals.
The unrest in AJK adopted protests led by the JAAC over calls for for constitutional and governance reforms, together with the abolition of 12 refugee-reserved seats within the AJK Legislative Meeting, an finish to privileges for the political elite and modifications to the quota system.
Demonstrations in September and October 2025 escalated into clashes with law-enforcement personnel, leaving a minimum of 9 individuals lifeless, together with three law enforcement officials. The federal government and JAAC reached an settlement in October masking 12 core and 13 further factors, together with the formation of a high-level committee to look at the difficulty of refugee illustration.
Tensions resurfaced in June after the federal government banned the JAAC, and the group known as for recent protests, with subsequent clashes during which police mentioned 4 law-enforcement personnel have been killed and greater than 20 have been injured in Rawalakot. JAAC disputed the police account and accused safety forces of firing on protesters.
