Killing always pained me: Outgoing DGP

Says violence level has gone down considerably

Srinagar: Stating that being the local of Jammu and Kashmir state he always wanted to bring an end to the cycle of violence, the outgoing Director General of Police (DGP) Dr S P Vaid has said that the killings have always pained him.

He added that he was working to stop the cycle of violence and has succeeded to a greater extent.
He however regretted that the violence couldn’t be stopped completely but hoped that the police would soon be able to bring it to the zero level.
Talking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Dr Vaid said that whenever there was a killing be that of a security personnel, a militant or a civilian, his family would come before his eyes and that would be painful for him.
Vaid further said that he has been able to bring down the stone pelting incidents drastically that is why the CASOs are there. He hoped that the new team under new DGP would succeed to bring a complete normalcy.
The former DGP thanked public, police, forces, Shrine board and others for the incident free Amarnath yatra. He said all have contributed in making the yatra incident free and urged national media not to make things sensational.