Focus on isolating militants, not allow them mislead people: DGP

TNN Bureau. Updated: 8/19/2019 11:07:38 AM Front Page

SRINAGAR: Asserting that the focus of his men is not letting the militants succeed in misleading the general public, Director General of Jammu and Kashmir Police Dilbag Singh said that the his force is maintaining pressure on militants to isolate them.
Singh, who has been leading the force since last year, thanked the people of the state for their cooperation in maintaining law and order, and maintained that the force is following a two-pronged strategy to maintain peace and tranquillity in the state.
"While the security teams comprising police, para-military forces and army have done a splendid job, one should not neglect the cooperation extended by people of the state," he said, while speaking to a newswire on the sidelines of his ongoing security situation review meetings in Jammu region.
Security presence in the state has been stepped up and stringent restrictions put in place since August 5 when the Centre scrapped provisions of Article 370, which granted special status to Jammu and Kashmir, and also divided the state into two Union Territories.
Singh, a 1987-batch IPS officer, refused to comment on the Constitutional changes made in the state, but said, "I believe an era of positive development has been ushered in the state. And people should understand good things about it."
He said as a police force head it was his duty to ensure that a handful of terrorists, who are mainly from Pakistan, are not allowed to misguide the general public in Jammu and Kashmir.
"Our counterinsurgency unit is maintaining pressure to keep these terrorists at bay and definitely we have been able to do it," he said.
Singh, who is busy talking to district superintendents of police and giving them a pep-talk on phone, says the force is following a two-pronged strategy to maintain peace and tranquillity in the state.
"While the counterinsurgency grid is maintaining pressure on terrorists, the remaining security forces are ensuring that law and order is under control."
Security forces would not allow either of the situation to get out hand, he said.
He acknowledged that there have been minor incidents in past 13 days "but they were controlled locally by police officials. There were injuries to some civilians and policemen but they were discharged after first aid."
Earlier in the day, Singh reviewed the security situation in Jammu region and directed officers to maintain close contact with the public and keep constant vigil, especially in the border areas.
Singh visited Rajouri and Udhampur before chairing a high-level meeting at Jammu to review the security scenario and the prevailing law and order situation, a police spokesman said.


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