SRINAGAR, Indian-controlled Kashmir, April 17 (Xinhua) -- Police in restive Indian-controlled Kashmir has issued an advisory to its personnel cautioning them avoid visiting their homes for a few months, according to officials Monday.
The advisory was issued Sunday evening in the wake of a spate of incidents of gunmen entering houses of policemen and damaging their property, besides asking them to quit jobs.
"There have been a few recent incidents in Valley where militants, anti-national and anti-social elements have tried to cause damage to life and property of police personnel particularly from south Kashmir," said an official communication issued by region's police chief to its officers.
Police Chief Shesh Paul Vaid, describing the communication as a "most urgent matter," has directed all its officers to brief their personnel accordingly.
In the past two months, there have been incidents, where gunmen whom police suspect to be militants barged into the houses of police personnel and thrashed them besides carrying out ransacking and damaging their property.
Most of these incidents have taken place in the districts south of Srinagar, the summer capital city of Indian-controlled Kashmir.
A guerrilla war has been going on between militants and Indian troops stationed in the region since 1989.
