Minister for Food, Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs Chowdhary Zulfkar Ali has ordered magisterial probe in Rajouri incident and also a four member committee has been constituted to submit a report on losses so as to provide compensation to the affected.He also warned that strict action shall be taken against the miscreants trying to disturb the peace and tranquility in the region.The Minister was speaking at a meeting convened with the district administration and members of civil society to review the law and order situation in Rajouri.
He instructed district administration Rajouri to involve all religious heads and members of civil society in maintaining peace and tranquility in the area. He said that religious heads have to play pivotal role in such situation and they must come forward and help the administration in maintaining peace. ’Religious heads have a social responsibility and they must come forward and give joint message of brotherhood’, he added.Appealing for peace, Minister said that Rajouri and Poonch are known for communal brotherhood where people always lived together and helped each other in crises. He said that it is the land of Sufi saints of all religion. ’’we have shrines of Hazrat Baba Ghulam Shah Badshah at Shadra Sharief, Shri Budha Amarnath Ji Shrine at Mandir Mandi Poonch and Shrine of Baba Nangali Sahib at Poonch which speaks itself about the bonds of amity among the people of this area’’, Minister said.Instructing Police to identify trouble makers, the Minister said that there is need to identify miscreants in the society.
He said that few elements cannot be allowed to disturb the peace adding that peace loving people should themselves identify the trouble mongers and handover them to Police.Earlier, he convened separate meeting with the representatives of various communities and sought their cooperation in maintaining amity and harmony in the district.Later, while addressing a press conference, the Minister termed the incident as unfortunate and said that the police and district administration had taken a prompt action to control the situation and avert losses to life and property.The Minister also said that elements inimical to the peace shall be dealt with iron hands and nobody shall be allowed to disturb the social harmony in the region.