Srinagar, Dec 18: In view of the yesterday’s militancy incident at Pampore, the Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police K. Rajendra Kumar chaired a high level security meeting regarding the security of National Highway at District Police office Awantipora today.
The high level meeting was attended by Special Director General of Police, Coordination, Law & Order Dr. S. P. Vaid, GOC Victor Force, Major General Ashok Narula, IGP Kashmir Zone, SJM Gillani IG, CRPF Ops, Zulafquar Hassan, DIG, South Kashmir Nitish Kumar, DIG CRPF, S K OR Anantnag Mohsin Saheedi, DIG CRPF S KO R Awantipora A.S Negi, commanding officers of security forces and District SsP of South Kashmir Range.
The DGP while addressing the meeting directed the officers to devise foolproof plan for the national Highway for safe and secure movement of the people and the security forces.
The DGP asked all the officers involved in the security of the National Highway to put in additional efforts for greater coordination and cooperation. He emphasised upon the Army authorities to strengthen the corridor protection. He also emphasised upon the CRPF to fine tune the R O Ps along the National Highway.
While highlighting the need of tackling the militancy effectively the DGP said surgical operations with minimum collateral damages should be conducted.
In their respective briefs the officers gave details of the security bundobast made by their organisations for the national highway.
Earlier, IGP Kashmir Zone, SJM Gillani briefed about the security situation of south Kashmir and also highlighted recent operations conducted against the militants. He also briefed the meeting about the law & order situation and measures taken by the police to investigate and solve the recent bank robberies.
Later on another high level meeting was held between the DG police K Rajendra Kumar and GOC 15 Corps Lt Gen J. S Sandhu. This meeting was attended by top officers of army police and security agencies. In this meeting the implementation of different decisions with regard to strengthening and augmentation of security setup across the Kashmir Valley were discussed.
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