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Days aft elder J&K Minister Sakina Itoo advocated against demolition of properties and sealing of houses during the anti-drug campaign, J&K Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) said the run “will pursuit each rupee and each plus and ensure the harshest punishment”.
“We volition pursuit each rupee, each asset, and ammunition institution of cause traffickers, ensuring the harshest punishment for those who are destroying our youth’s future,” said Mr. Sinha, portion speaking astatine a drug-free run successful northbound Kashmir’s Baramulla.
Mr. Sinha said the past 31 days saw implicit 2,35,000 consciousness and outreach events successful J&K. “Nearly 700 cause smugglers and peddlers were arrested. Action has targeted each fiscal transaction of cause cartels, seizing crores successful properties built from cause wealth by large smugglers,” said the L-G.
He said 300 driving licenses and implicit 400 conveyance registrations linked to cause smugglers person been recommended for cancellation successful J&K. “We person inspected much than 3,300 cause stores, and 150 licenses person been suspended for violating the norms. Nearly 3,000 CCTV cameras are present installed astatine the cause stores crossed Union Territory,” helium added.
With Mr. Sinha hardening his stand, the J&K constabulary connected Tuesday (May 12, 2026) stepped up actions against the accused successful Kashmir. “The J&K constabulary demolished an illegally constructed cowshed raised connected State onshore by a known cause peddler namely successful Baramulla’s Pattan,” the constabulary said.
In southbound Kashmir, the constabulary said 2 amerciable shops constructed implicit State onshore by notorious NDPS accused were demolished “in accordance with law”. “Strict enactment against cause peddlers, habitual offenders, and persons progressive successful amerciable encroachments implicit State onshore volition proceed successful adjacent coordination with the civilian administration,” the constabulary said.
In Srinagar, an immovable property, comprising a double-storey residential location on with onshore worthy astir ₹1.2 crores, was attached situated astatine Gasoo Hazratbal. “During the people of investigation, the spot was identified arsenic illegally acquired spot linked to illicit cause trafficking activities,” the constabulary said.
According to police, a residential location and respective parcels of onshore were attached successful Baramulla territory of alleged cause dealers.
Meanwhile, Mr. Sinha said his medication volition spouse with spiritual leaders and societal groups to make assemblage immunization initiatives against drugs successful 5-10 high-risk hotspot areas per district.
“Under the Family Fortress Initiative, which volition trust connected beardown household and assemblage bonds for the eventual shield against cause addiction, each school, college, and spot of worship successful J&K should big a play household dialog connected drugs. These dialogues should beryllium open, honorable paired with section run audits to spot and hole gaps,” the L-G said.
Referring to 3,000 calls received by the tele-manas counselling centre successful Kashmir, Mr. Sinha said, “We don’t shame diabetes patients into wellness oregon cure crab victims done stigma. Likewise, we indispensable dainty and rehabilitate addicts with dignity, reconnecting them to society’s mainstream done resoluteness and compassion”.
The hardening of basal by the L-G comes days aft J&K Minister Ms. Ittoo advocated against demolitions of properties. “In Kashmir, you are demolishing properties and sealing and attaching houses. If a younker is progressive and the spot successful his father’s name, it is being sealed. There were much demolitions and attachment of properties successful the Kashmir vale compared to Jammu, wherever determination are much specified cases,” said Ms. itoo. She said taking bulldozers to people’s doorstep “was not helpful”.
