Jammu & Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Monday said that supporting militants has become a political compulsion for the PDP president Mehbooba Mufti.
The former Chief Minister had on Sunday warned the Governor and the State police against the alleged harassment of a Pulwama woman (whose brother happens to be a militant), her husband and brother are in police custody at a Jammu police station.
Interacting with the media persons here on the sidelines of a function, Malik said, “Since I am Governor, I don’t feel bad about what Mehbooba said about me the previous day. Moreover, she is daughter of my friend (Mufti Sayeed), I don’t take her words seriously. But, I personally feel that it is her (Mehbooba’s) political compulsion to support militants to regain the lost base in Valley.”
The Governor also said, “We’ve directed our forces not to harass family members of militants. We don’t have any issue with the militants’ families. At the same time, I want to assure her (Mehbooba) that if any family member of the militants has been harassed in custody, I will order a high level probe into it.”
Later in the day, Director General of Police Dilbagh Singh in Jammu said,"the incident has come to light and we will verify the same". He also claimed, "i know she was picked up and questioned but beyond that we will verify and if some one is found guilty we will take appropriate action".