SRINAGAR, Feb 12: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today directed the jammu and Kashmir Police to intensify their efforts in crushing terrorism and its abettors and gave free hand to the force to carry forward zero tolerance policy in this pursuit.
The LG passed these directions to the police in a security review meeting held here at the Police Control Room (PCR) this morning. The meeting was held in the backdrop of back-to-back security review meetings with the top brass of Army, Intelligence Bureau, J&K administration and paramilitary forces held in New Delhi by Union Home Minister Amit Shah.
“Chaired a high-level security meeting today at PCR, srinagar . Directed J&K Police and its various wings to work in close synergy with each other and intensify the efforts to crush terrorism and those aiding and abetting terrorists,” Sinha wrote on X.
“Directed officials to follow a zero tolerance policy to tackle terrorism. I have given JKP & Security Forces a free hand to neutralise the terror ecosystem operating in the shadows. Those supporting & financing terrorism will have to pay a very heavy price,” be further wrote.
Sinha has also directed for strict action against those who are exploiting cyber space to carry out their disruptive activities and disinformation campaign.
“I have asked the senior officials to take strict action against such elements. We must aggressively counter fundamentalist and extremist ideas and take action as per the law,” he added.
The LG said a 360-degree approach against terrorism is critical to enhance the capability and performance in all dimensions of security challenges. He also asked the police officials to strictly follow the policy of property attachment in terror and narco-terror cases.
The Lieutenant Governor directed the officials to devise a result-oriented strategy to identify and neutralize foreign terrorists active in the Kashmir He called for systematic attention to the terror ecosystem, which is providing support to adversarial forces and terrorists.
The LG directed the senior police officials and head of its various wings to work in close synergy with each other and intensify the efforts to crush terrorism and those aiding and abetting terrorists.
Sinha took appraisal of the working of various wings of J&K Police and expressed his satisfaction with regard to the crime related performance indices especially related to UAPA and NDPS.
“Under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Jammu Kashmir is witnessing an era of peace, progress and prosperity. I have full faith in your valour, effective, focused measures and better institutional arrangements to make Jammu Kashmir terror-free. Improved intelligence generation, coordination and precision in anti-terror operations are vital to meet the future security challenges,” he said.
A police spokesman in a statement said that the main aim of the meeting was to take the comprehensive review of the working of various wings of J&K Police.
He said the session started with a welcome address by IGP Kashmir which was followed by a presentation by DGP J&K.
DGP, Nalin Prabat briefed the LG regarding the present security scenario of the Valley and the roadmap put in place to counter the various security challenges like counter insurgency, law and order, protection of minorities, terrorist recruitment.
The DGP also briefed about the overall scenario and also took responses from the officers regarding their preparedness for the upcoming season.
IGP Kashmir VK Birdi gave a detailed presentation highlighting the challenges and the achievements of the Kashmir Zone and strategic foresight for the future.
The meeting was attended by DGP, Nalin Prabhat; ADGP Hqrs, MK Sinha; ADGP CID, Nitish Kumar; Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor, Dr Mandeep K. Bhandari; IGP Kashmir, Vidhi Kumar Birdi; IGP Crime, Dr Sunil Gupta; IGP Security, Sujit Kumar; IGP Railways, Vivek Gupta; Range DIGs, SSPs, Commandants of AP/IR Battalions and various other senior officers of J&K Police, in person and through virtual mode.
