Militants may disrupt polls: Singh
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 16: RR Bhatnagar, Advisor to Lieutenant Governor and Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh reviewed the security plans and preparedness in Central Kashmir for upcoming District Development Council (DDC) election and by-elections for Panchayats and Urban Local Bodies (ULB) in an officers meeting held at Police Control Room Kashmir here today.
The meeting was attended by IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar, IG CRPF Charu Sinha, DIG CKR Amit Kumar, DIG CRPF South Srinagar D.S Maan, DIG CRPF North Srinagar Dr DJ Singh, DIG Sector Headquarters CRPF Ashok Samyal, SSP Srinagar Dr M Haseeb Mughal, SSP Budgam Nagpure Amod Ashok, SSP Ganderbal Khalil Ahmad Poswal and Nodal Commandants of Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal.
Advisor reiterated the importance of maintaining a close watch on the inimical elements. He stressed the need to maintain real-time coordination between the different Security Force agencies for the peaceful conduct of the elections.
DGP while speaking on the occasion said that there is a need to be more vigilant and cautious in view of the possibility of terrorists attempting to disrupt the democratic process in J&K saying that continuous attempts are being made by elements across the border to create trouble here. He directed the officers to devise the security plans and depute the security personnel as per the requirement. He emphasized for making the effective use of drones to monitor the situation in and around the polls stations.
DGP also stressed for efficient arrangements for the mobility and accommodation of forces deployed for elections. He stressed upon the officers to keep a vigil on the ground situation and ensure that people would exercise their franchise freely. He said the personnel on the ground should be briefed regularly for better results. He said that joint efforts by the stakeholders should be put in for timely action to deal with any situation.
The officers briefed the Advisor and DGP regarding the preparedness in their respective jurisdictions.
SSP Srinagar, SSP Budgam and SSP Ganderbal gave power point presentations regarding security arrangements and other preparatory measures for the upcoming elections in their respective districts.
Earlier, detailed discussions were held by IGP Kashmir Vijay Kumar along with IG CRPF Charu Sinha with the District SSP and CAPF Commanders regarding ground situation and specific deployment requirements for conduct of the upcoming event.
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