Directs officers to wipe-out terrorism, dismantle local support
Jammu Tawi, Feb 13: A day after reviewing Kashmir security, Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Thursday chaired another high level meeting here to assess the security scenario of the Jammu region.
The Lieutenant Governor said that our focus should be on complete wipe-out of terrorism from Jammu Division. “We should not even have remnant of terrorism in Jammu region. Take effective steps to wipe-out terrorism and ensure complete dismantling of the infrastructure and local support of terrorism,” LG said.
Sinha directed the J&K Police officials to take strongest possible action against those providing logistical and financial support to terrorism.
“Make sure that acts of individuals or groups trying to create fear in the society are termed as terrorist action and they should be punished as per the law,” the Lieutenant Governor directed the police officials.
Discusses Roadmap for Technology Driven Policing
The Lieutenant Governor also discussed roadmap for technology driven policing, area domination plan, inter-agency coordination, and action against narco-terrorism, capacity building of police force and innovative strategies to improve cyber patrolling and monitoring capabilities.
He stressed on credible intelligence gathering, sharing of real time operational intelligence and anti-terror operations based on precise inputs.
“Every perpetrator and supporter of terrorism must pay the price. We need to equip ourselves with credible intelligence and act more effectively to neutralize the terrorists and ensure the security of citizens. We must be prepared for conventional as well as non-conventional threats,” the Lieutenant Governor said.
The Lieutenant Governor directed for stronger measures to protect our borders.
“We must strengthen border security against asymmetric threats due to porous border with riverines and difficult mountain range and all the security agencies must work together to provide necessary back-up support,” the Lieutenant Governor observed.
The Lieutenant Governor also called for strengthening the legal framework to deal with terror propagandists and strengthening of police establishment at local level for modern and efficient policing.
Today’s meeting was attended by Director General of Police Nalin Prabhat; ADGP Armed, Anand Jain; ADGP Hqrs, MK Sinha; ADGP CID, Nitish Kumar; Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari; IGP Jammu, Bhim Sen Tuti; IGP Crime, Dr Sunil Gupta; IGP Security, Sujit Kumar; IGP Railways, Vivek Gupta; IG Traffic, M. Suleman Choudhary; Range DIGs, SSPs, and other senior officers of various wings of J&K Police.
