Ahead of the Republic Day, J&K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh on Tuesday chaired a meeting of senior officers of Kashmir Zone in Srinagar and reviewed the crime and security arrangements across the Kashmir Valley.

The meeting was attended by ADGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar, DIG, CKR, Sujit Kumar, SSP Srinagar Rakesh Balwal, SSP PCR Zubair Ahmad Khan, SP Operation Srinagar, while DIG NKR Vivek Gupta, DIG SKR Rayees Mohammad Bhat and other District SSPs and other officers, AIG (T&P) JS Johar attended the meeting through video conferencing.

Addressing the officers, the DGP enjoined upon them to rigorously follow basic policing methods including human intelligence generation, record keeping and maintenance of Registers at Police Stations as per Police Rules.

He said that action against the terror ecosystem must be carried forward meticulously and in a coordinated manner. Although J&K Police along with other forces have got successes across Jammu and Kashmir against terrorists, stringent actions against the terror support system, narcotics and narco terror modules should be continued with an aim to bring an end to it, the DGP directed.

The DGP stressed upon the jurisdictional officers to ensure direct supervision of UAPA, NDPS and other special reported heinous cases so that the investigation and disposal of all pending cases as well as of new cases are brought to logical conclusion on priority. He directed that the quality of investigation and disposal of these cases needs to be further improved.

He stressed for adopting the latest technology and standard practices to expedite investigation of cases on merit for judicial determination and directed the jurisdictional officers to hold regular review meetings to ensure better supervision and public deliverance.

The DGP also said public cooperation has helped to make our efforts fruitful in maintaining law and order. He reiterated that the support of the community is essential to maintain a terror free environment and more and more public cooperation should be ensured by prioritizing community-based programmes.

Reviewing the arrangements for the upcoming Republic Day functions, the DGP directed for ensuring all required and necessary security arrangements are in place. He directed for coordination & synergy among all the stakeholders.

He directed the officers that while dealing with any situation they should ensure that law-abiding people are not put to any inconvenience during their day-to-day activities. He also directed for stringent action against OGWs or anyone supporting terrorism, or narco terror modules in the UT.