The Rajanpur operation

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Things get messy

 

The Rajanpur affair has proved that despite ruling Punjab continuously for the last eight years the PMNL government had not prepared the police to deal with armed criminal gangs and terrorists.  It is also borne out that despite the government denials safe havens and no-go-areas exist in South Punjab.  It was highly inappropriate on the part of the administration to stubbornly refuse to deploy the Rangers or the army maintaining instead that the police had the ability and the resources to take out the criminals and terrorists occupying the area.  That the police operation would end in disaster was a foregone conclusion. The ill-equipped and untrained officers of the police force became easy targets for the heavily armed gang.  10 cops were killed and 20-25 taken hostage. It was suicidal to push the police into a battle with an enemy with better fire power and more familiar with the terrain.

 

An attempt is now being made to defend the police action. Government leaders and police officials still talk as if the initiative remains with the police.   This has led to DG ISPR to clarify that the army has taken over charge of the operation while the police and Rangers personnel continue to participate under the army’s command. The reward of Rs 7.5 million for each cop who laid down his life is meant to silence the protesting relatives of the dead and the dissenting voices inside the police force itself.  There is a need however to fix the responsibility for the debacle and take action against those who took wrong decisions.

 

The safe haven was being used by the gang as a spring board for criminal acts.  It was also claimed that terrorists fleeing the Operation Zarb-e-Azb were also sheltering in the riverine island.  The truth will be known when those arrested in the operation are identified. One hopes the abducted police officers will be recovered safely. It would be a failure if the operation if leaders of the Chottu gang mange to flee the dragnet.

 

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