On February 14, Additional Director General of Police (ADGP) Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, stated that “37 local militants are currently active in the Kashmir Valley,out of them only two including Farooq Nalli and Riyaz Chatri are old while rest have joined recently”, reports Hindustan Times. He added that "a total of 19 terrorists were involved in the 2019 Pulwama attack, of which eight terrorists were neutralised, seven jailed, and four terrorists are hiding in Pakistan", Daily excelsior added. "Presently, seven to eight local JeM terrorists and five to eight Pakistanis are operating in Kashmir," he stated. Moosa Sulaimani, a wanted JeM terrorist based in Kulgam, is one of them. "We are after him, and he will be neutralised soon," he claimed. He continued by stating that JeM has recently started recruiting locals, and that in February 2023, the Police arrested six Jaish associates in Kulgam District and one in Pulwama District of J&K. He further said that Police are not only neutralising militant modules but are also cracking down on narco-terrorism and terror funding. “We have been able to recover INR 4.1 million and recently in Baramulla, 2.6 million was recovered,” he stated.