SRINAGAR: Jammu and Kashmir police chief Dilbag Singh on Monday said that the killing of a Personal Security Officer (PSO) of a PDP leader was an attempt to disrupt the ongoing election process.”The motive was to disrupt the ongoing election process and the peaceful environment prevailing in the valley,” said Singh while talking to reporters on the sidelines of the wreath laying ceremony of PSO Manzoor Ahmed at District Police Lines (DPL) Srinagar.He said that police have clues about the number of terrorists involved in the attack and area where they came from. “The attackers will track them soon,” he said.The DGP said that one must understand that J&K is going through an important exercise at present.”There have been elaborate security arrangements but we can’t put the movement of people to a complete halt while ensuring the grassroot level exercise. In between, there is a hidden movement of an odd number of anti-national elements as well,” he said.
