* Several Cong, BJP activists join party
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 2: Urging police to curb criminal activities, Apni Party has expressed deep concern over increasing crime rate in Jammu District from the last several months.
“The ATM guard’s killing, shooting incidents at several places, theft cases and drug menace has created panic among the peace loving people of Jammu,” general secretary Apni Party Vikram Malhotra said.
Malhotra was speaking at a programme in which Congress and BJP activists/ leaders joined the Apni Party at Residency Road here. He said that Jammu remained peaceful and the criminal activities remained under control. “Police were never helpless in the past. The increasing graph of crime in Jammu has made the citizens scared with police’s inability to take counter measures. The theft incidents have also increased,” Malhotra said.
He said that the police were able to arrest two youth responsible for the killing of the ATM guard but other incidents have not stopped. The repeated incidents of theft from different areas of Jammu District show that criminals have no fear of police.”
Malhotra condemned the firing on a prominent social activist who fights against the exploitation of parents by private schools. He demanded intervention of Lt Governor Manoj Sinha into the situation.
Provincial president and Ex-minister Manjit Singh expressed concern over the growing menace of drugs in Samba, Kathua and Jammu districts.
“The youth are becoming addicted to the drugs and families have been destroyed. The police should act in a coordinated manner and break the chain of supply in J&K,” Manjit Singh said.
He said that drugs are easily available in Jammu City, peripheral areas and parts of Samba and Kathua. “We have to engage elderly persons and form committees in every Mohallah to help police and other agencies to curb the menace from spreading further,” Singh added.
Apni Party leaders Ajaz Kazmi, Gourav Kapoor also spoke on the occasion.
Meanwhile, District president Mahila Congress, Jyoti Vaid, general secretary Sushant Gupta, Parvinder Kaur and others joined Apni Party.
Speaking on the occasion, District President Mahila Congress Party, Jyoti Vaid, who joined Apni Party said that they were impressed with the public friendly approach of the Apni Party leadership and developmental centric policies. BJP leader Showkat Bhatti also joind party along with his supporters.
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