Srinagar, August 03 (KNO) : Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh Saturday visited North Kashmir districts of Kupwara and Handwara. He took a review of the security scenario in these districts. DGP was accompanied by IGP Kashmir S.P Pani and DIG North Kashmir Range Baramulla M Suleman Choudhary.
Dilbag Singh interacted with the Army officers, CRPF officers and district jurisdictional police officers during his visit. He commended the collective efforts of J&K Police and security forces for maintaining peace and order in these districts.
He said that all officers and jawans are doing a commendable job in the fight against militancy and efforts will continue with enhanced coordination among the forces. He said that intelligence gathering should be strengthened to curb the activities of the elements inimical to peace.
DGP J&K thanked the Central government and the Governor’s administration for their generous support to the J&K Police by enhancing the honorarium of SPOs and ration money/hardship allowances for the police personnel.
He said that the gesture will boost the morale of the force to work with more commitment and dedication for the service of the nation. Dilbag Singh said that continuous initiatives have been taken for welfare of Police so that it can serve the people better.
During these meetings, DGP emphasized that Police Public meetings should be conducted on regular basis. He said that cooperation of people in the fight against drugs and other crimes is must and the police will act tough against the people indulging in the illicit trade of drugs. He directed jurisdictional officers to seek cooperation of people in the fight against drug abuse and other social crimes.
At Kupwara the meeting was attended by SSP Kupwara Shriram Ambarkar, Commandant IRP 4th Bn. Abrar Choudhary, ASP Kupwara Mir Ifroz, DySP Hqr. Mohd Yaseer, DySP PC Fayaz Ahmad and DySP (DAR) Javeed Ahmad.
At Handwara, the meeting was attended by SSP Handwara Ashish Kumar Mishra, CO 21 RR Ashutosh Sharma, CO 92 Bn. CRPF Deepak Kumar, Dy.SP (Ops) Handwara Fariz Hussain, Dy.SP (Ops) Magam/Kralgund Sahil Sharma, SDPO Handwara Tariq Mehmood and Dy.SP (DAR) Farooq Ahmed.(KNO)