A file photo of security forces chasing away protesters during a clash in Srinagar. —PTI

Ajay Banerjee

Tribune News Service

New Delhi, Sept 9

The restive south Kashmir will see an additional deployment of the Army. This comes in view of the government’s worry as street protests in south Kashmir–Kulgam, Pulwama, Anantnag and  Shopian–have been vociferous.A decision to this affect has been taken and the Army has been told to tie-up its last minute deployment patterns. The Army will not be tasked with mob control, but with tracking down armed terrorists who have been fanning trouble.

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The government is seeing this as a major challenge to restore law and order that has broken down completely in the absence of any presence of the Jammu and Kashmir Police or the paramilitary forces, in the rural hinterland.Indian Army Chief General Dalbir Singh Suhag is in Kashmir today to review the security situation, especially in the backdrop of rather long-winded street protests in the Valley. The protests had gone out of hand since terror-outfit Hizbul Mujahideen’s self-styled commander Burhan Wani was killed by security forces. More than 70 people lost their lives in various protests.General Suhag was briefed this morning at Srinagar and he was told about the new military methods planned to curb Pak-sponsored infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir.Gen Suhag will also visit the Line of Control (LoC) with Pakistan during his visit to the Kashmir Valley. General Suhag will visit the Army establishment at Kupwara located along the 749-km long LoC.General Suhag shall also visit Awantipora during his day-long visit to review the security situation in the Valley.