Dubbing Kashmiri militants as "Pak-purchased boys", Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik on Wednesday warned them of dire consequences if they do not stop threatening apple growers against selling their produce outside the Valley.

"Some Pakistan-purchased boys are roaming around (inthe valley) and threatening to kill the or chardists to stop them from selling their fruit to outside markets," said Malik, addressing a gathering after laying the foundation for state cancer institute here.

"I am telling them to mend their ways as I don't knowwhether the fruit dealers will die or not but there is a guarantee that youwill soon get killed," said Malik in a stern warning to terrorists.

The gubernatorial warning came barely two days after Maliklaunched the market intervention scheme, aimed at securing optimum prices toapple growers at a time when normal life continues to be paralysed in theValley since the Centre decided on August 5 to revoke the state's specialstatus from October 31

The governor, who also e-inaugurated 196 health and wellnesscentres in the state and released a policy document on roadmap to reducinginfant mortality rate to single-digit figure by 2022, said the apples used tosell at Rs three a kilogram but following the market intervention schemes, thefruit is now being sold at Rs 15 a kg.

The scheme has been approved by the Department ofAgriculture and Cooperation, under the Union Ministry of Agriculture for thecurrent apple harvesting season.