Since the arrest of alleged Hizbul Mujahideen militant Syed Liyaqat Shah from the Indo-Nepal border by the Delhi Police in March, nearly a dozen former militants have returned home to Kashmir under the state’s rehabilitation policy.
And, they too, returned through the Nepal route, which is yet to be designated an official entry point for the return of former militants. After the recent controversy over Liyaqat’s arrest, the government is now set to make the Nepal border route an “official” entry point for the return of former militants.
“The controversy generated in the wake of Liyaqat’s arrest has not stopped former militants from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) to return to Kashmir. Since his arrest, 10 former militants have returned under the rehabilitation policy,” said a senior police officer.
“And, all of them returned via the Nepal border along with their families,” he said.
Sources said despite a war of words between the J&K Police and the Delhi Police over Liyaqat’s arrest, more former militants were set to return home in the coming days.
“We are expecting the return of more former militants in the coming days,” a police source said.
The Delhi Police had claimed that with Liyaqat’s arrest on March 20 they had foiled a fidayeen (suicide) attack in Delhi ahead of Holi, but the state police insisted that Liyaqat was on his way to Kashmir to surrender under the state’s rehabilitation policy for former militants in PoK. Liyaqat’s case is now being investigated by the National Investigation Agency.
Since the rehabilitation policy was introduced in 2010 by the J&K Government, over 250 former militants who had crossed over to PoK for arms training have returned home via Nepal.
The state government had identified four entry points for the return of former militants which included Poonch, Uri, Wagah and IGI Airport, New Delhi. However, no militant has returned through these identified routes and all of them have returned via Nepal.
“There is a proposal with the Union Home Ministry that the Nepal route will be designated as one of the (official) routes for the return of former militants,” said a top police officer.
Police figures show that nearly 4,000 Kashmiri militants are still in Pakistan.
Rehab policy
The state government’s rehabilitation policy was approved in November 2010. It is meant for those who had crossed over to the other side of the Line of Control between 1989 and 2009 for arms training, but did not indulge in militant activities and were ready to return, surrender and settle as normal citizen. So far, over 250 former militants have returned home along with their families.
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