108 militants to return home from PoK next month
NEW DELHI: More than 100 militants, who crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) years ago to embrace militancy, are expected to return home next month accepting government's special rehabilitation policy.
A high level committee comprising representatives of the Jammu and Kashmir government, ministry of home affairs, army and others has scrutinised the applications and verified the antecedents of the militants who want to surrender and live a peaceful life and has cleared 28 names.
"80 more names will be cleared by the end of this month. Hopefully, all these 108 militants will return home next month," an official said.
Altogether, around 700 applications were received by the Jammu and Kashmir government on behalf of the militants, many of them are married and have children and want to come back and live a peaceful life availing the new special surrender and rehabilitation policy.
"Rest of the applications will be cleared phase-wise after scrutiny," the official said.
The policy, announced last year, covers all people (and their dependents) who crossed over to PoK between 1989 and 2009 to embrace militancy and now want to return to lead a peaceful life.
PTI | Jun 23, 2011, 06.40pm IST
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NEW DELHI: More than 100 militants, who crossed over to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) years ago to embrace militancy, are expected to return home next month accepting government's special rehabilitation policy.
A high level committee comprising representatives of the Jammu and Kashmir government, ministry of home affairs, army and others has scrutinised the applications and verified the antecedents of the militants who want to surrender and live a peaceful life and has cleared 28 names.
"80 more names will be cleared by the end of this month. Hopefully, all these 108 militants will return home next month," an official said.
Altogether, around 700 applications were received by the Jammu and Kashmir government on behalf of the militants, many of them are married and have children and want to come back and live a peaceful life availing the new special surrender and rehabilitation policy.
"Rest of the applications will be cleared phase-wise after scrutiny," the official said.
The policy, announced last year, covers all people (and their dependents) who crossed over to PoK between 1989 and 2009 to embrace militancy and now want to return to lead a peaceful life.
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