New J&K surrender policy to target local millitants

We are after foreign terrorists, says state police chief S.P Vaid

IGP Munir Khan, J&k police Chief S.P. Vaid and Lt.Gen Sandhu in Srinagar
on Sunday 

With a fresh surrender policy being framed by the government, the Army, and the Jammu&Kashmir police, in a joint appeal on Sunday, asked all local militants to give up arms and assured them 

'full cooperation" to return and join the mainstream.

Over 130 local militants are still active in the valley. "We are after foreign terrorist. We want to give the local boys a chance to surrender. The return Majid Khan(who had joined Lakhsar-e-Taiba) will start a new phase. I hope mothers of other militants will follow suit. I foresee a violence and disturbance-free Kashmir soon", said J&K DGP S.P. Vaid. He was addressing a press conference along with Lt. Gen. J.S Sandhu, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) of the Army's Victor Force; Kashmir Inspector General of Police Munir Khan; and the IG Operations, CRPF, Zulfikar Hassan. They said local militants could use the helpline if they want to come back.