Srinagar: Jammu and Kashmir Police have deployed GPS tracker anklets to closely monitor the accused granted bail in militancy cases.
This development comes in response to a directive from the Special NIA Court in Jammu, urging the police to employ GPS tracker anklets on individuals arrested in militancy cases.
Providing details of the case, the officials mentioned, that Ghulam Mohd Bhat, had applied for bail in an FIR registered under various sections of UAPA, with allegations of involvement in militancy funding, PTI reported.
Bhat was arrested for allegedly “attempting to transport the proceeds of military amounting to Rs 2.5 lakh, and he also faced a conviction by the NIA Court Patiala House, Delhi, for association with a militant organisation.
The Special NIA Court, Jammu stressed the necessity of stringent monitoring of Bhat and the strict bail conditions under the UAPA, 1967. As a result, the court instructed the JK Police to affix a GPS tracker anklet on the accused.
The JK Police has taken the lead in being the first police department in India to implement the practice of attaching GPS tracker anklets to individuals seeking bail, according to the officials
