Drug Menace Thrives Under Police, Political Protection; Expose Culprits: Jammu Kashmir Minister

Jammu: Three days after Jammu and Kashmir LG Manoj Sinha launched the 100-day Drug Free J&K' campaign, Minister for Youth Services and Sports in the Omar Abdullah cabinet, Satish Sharma has claimed that drugs in Jammu have entered because of the “involvement of some policemen and politicians and those people should be punished after identification”.

Talking to media persons after attending a function at National Conference (NC) office here to pay respect to father of Constitution Dr B R Ambedkar, Sharma claimed that drug menace in Jammu was “not possible without the help of police”.

“Those policemen should be identified who were involved in the drug peddling and during whose tenure the drugs reached here from Punjab. Those politicians should also be identified who themselves, their sons and relatives were involved in this menace. This thing is not possible without the support of politicians and policemen and those responsible should be brought to justice as per the law. When the protectors become the exploiter, you know how dangerous it becomes,” Sharma said.

“The police are weak today. We need policemen like Basant Rath (former IGP who was sacked by the government) and their role should be also investigated who were behind the removal of Rath. The police is also doing a good job but good policemen are kept at bay and only a group of around 50 inspectors are appointed as station house officers again and again,” he added.

“Satish Sharma is ready to become Bhagat Singh as I am the soldier of Omar Abdullah. But I will not go to the gallows until this menace is put to an end,” the minister further said.

Sharma also blamed Pakistan for being involved in supplying drugs in Jammu and Kashmir and demanded a strong will to end this menace. “We will have to work like a true soldier and till the time when our neighboring country is taught a lesson because ISI and Pakistan is actively involved in this menace, this thing can’t end. We need to strengthen our borders and request the government of India that we need a regular Army instead of Agniveers and need to develop an anti-drone system. We have to have a political will to end this menace,” he added.

He said that being a resident of the border, he was aware of drones across the border dropping drug shipments.

“But we need to do a handholding of those youth and send them to drug de-addiction centers. Many NGOs are ready to work with us and people should come forward to help in this regard,” the minister said.

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