Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, June 19: Inspector General of Police (IGP) Jammu Zone Dr SD Singh reviewed the arrangements for the forthcoming Amarnathji Yatra and border management.
IGP reviewed the arrangement in a meeting, which was attended by representatives of Army, para military forces and intelligence agencies and police officers.
During the meeting detailed briefing was given by the officers of intelligence agencies, Army and police with regard to security arrangement planned by them to ensure smooth and peaceful conduct of the 40 days long yatra. Threadbare discussion was held on the various security related issues pertaining SANJY and for ensuring enhanced security measures on NHW and infiltration grid on IB and LoC. All the officers of Army, PMF, intelligence agencies and local police have been directed to maintain highest level of alertness and synergy among themselves and also to share the intelligence related information directly bearing to SANJY in real time basis to foil the nefarious designs of ANEs and their mentors across the IB.
In view of the prevailing law and order situation in South Kashmir and efforts being made by Pakistan to push terrorists across the LoC and IB, IGP Jammu Zone stressed upon representatives of army, CRPF and district SSPs to organize night patrolling on national highway regularly and maintain close liaison with all forces deployed in their area of jurisdictions to foil the nefarious designs of ANEs and their mentors across the border.
On the border management front, IGP stressed upon the SSP Jammu, Samba and Kathua to lay joint nakas and ensure patrolling on all the probable infiltration routes as these three districts are more vulnerable to cross border infiltration. He further directed all the forces including intelligence agencies to pay special attention to the area where fencing has been damaged on IB and that more focus should be laid on vulnerable area/hotspots particularly on IB.
The officers who attended the meeting included Ashkoor Ahmed Wani, DIG, JSK Range (now IGP), Deepak Choudhary, DD (IB), Harminder Pal, DIG BSF, Virender Sharma, DIG Udhampur-Reasi Range, Vijay Kumar, DIG AP/IR Jammu, Manvendra Negi, DIG SSB, Rakesh Sethi, DIG (Ops) CRPF, North Jammu, Amit Kumar, SSP, CID, SB, Jammu, Sunil Gupta, SSP Jammu, Nisha Nathyal, SSP Traffic Jammu, Anil Magotra, SSP Samba, Rajesh Kumar, SSP, SO to IGP Jammu, Mohan Lal, SSP Ramban, Ashok Kumar Sharma, SSP Security Jammu, Mumtaz Ahmed, SSP CID CI Jammu, Rayees Mohammad Bhat, SP Udhampur, etc.
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