Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 23: In order to discuss the strategy for cracking down the interstate criminals, the senior police cops from Jammu and Kashmir Police (JKP), Punjab Police (PP) and Himachal Pradesh (HP) Police held a joint meet here today which was chaired by IGP Jammu Danesh Rana.
During the meet, AK Mittal, DIG Border Range, Amritsar, Gurpreet Singh Toor, SSP Gurdaspur, Rakesh Kouhsal, SSP Pathankot represented Punjab police whereas Kulwant Singh, ASP Chamba represented Himachal Pradesh Police. Besides, Ashqoor Ahmed Wani, DIG Jammu, Joginder Singh, SSP Samba, Rajiv Pandey, Incharge SSP Jammu, Nasir Ahmed, ASP Kathua and Randheer Singh, SP Headquarters also attended the meet.
Terming the prevailing trans-border, human trafficking, vehicle theft, burglary and persons involved in circulation of fake currency as a serious problem and a challenge for the police of these States, IGP Jammu exhorted upon the participants to have multi prolonged strategy on place for a sustained crackdown against the interstate criminals.
During the meet, coordinated joint check posts and joint raids and searches in notorious areas and various other measures were discussed.
It was unanimously agreed in the meeting to share the information of crime, criminals, suspects immediately to the counterparts so that the criminal should not be able to enter the neighbouring State for taking shelter after commission of the offence. It was decided to ensure better flow of criminal intelligence, information as well as identifying such criminals.
It was also decided to have dedicated and concerted efforts for synergizing the resources to fulfill the agenda discussed during the meeting. Multi prolonged strategy and to assign specific targets on joint information and visible results on ground will be reviewed regularly.
In the meet, it was also decided to work together in a coordinated and calibrated manner for better results and lay focus on strengthening the anti-infiltration grid as well as State intelligence gathering.
In the meet drug trade and multi pronged strategy was devised to discourage the smuggling of narcotics from and into the State. It was decided to wage a war against drugs with co-ordinated efforts and intelligence sharing.
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