Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 6: Jammu and Kashmir Police has been playing a bigger role to maintain law and order and ensure the security of the people of the State. In order to enhance its capability and manpower, the organization has been focusing to strengthen its all wings with a view to meet the challenges efficiently.
This was stated by the Director General of Police (DGP), Kuldeep Khoda while addressing the newly recruited Constables at Bakhshi Stadium here this afternoon. He said that besides professional policing the organization is sharing its responsibilities in other fields effectively and the people of the State are whole-heartedly cooperating with it to redress the problems faced by them while carrying out their day-to-day activities. Police-Public relations have improved considerably and the people have been very cooperative in tackling the criminals and other social evils, he added.
Giving details about the recruitment, the DGP said that the drive has been initiated to recruit energetic youth from the un-represented areas of the State. This has helped the organization to conduct the drive in a transparent manner without consuming much time. He said that by this way the eligible youth from the areas having almost negligible representation in the Jammu and Kashmir Police are enrolled in the organization.
Congratulating the new recruits, Mr. Khoda stressed that their sole aim must be to serve the public devotedly and build the image of the organization among the masses by dint of their hard work and dedication to duty.
Mr. Khoda further disclosed that today’s drive was carried out for two Niabats of Nandpora and Juzvi Khanyar of Srinagar district.
During the drive more than 100 eligible youth were selected as Constables on the spot after putting them to various physical and other tests. Those youth recruited today included 35 graduates and 39 10+2. The recruitment drive was conducted by a committee framed for the purpose under the supervision of the DGP.
Among others the recruitment drive was conducted by IGP Kashmir, S. M. Sahai, DIG, Central Kashmir Range, Afadul Mujtaba, AIG Personnel (PHQ), Ghulam Hassan Bhat and SSP Srinagar, Syed Ashiq Hussain Bukhari.