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Director General of Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh chaired a joint meeting of officers of the Police, Army, and CRPF to review the security scenario of Rajouri Poonch Range during his visit to the border district Rajouri. He was accompanied by ADGP Jammu Zone, Mukesh Singh.
A police spokesperson in a statement said that DGP appreciated the synergy between the forces besides Intelligence agencies that have marred many evil intentions of Pakistan and its militant agencies regularly.
He stressed for further strengthening the intelligence network at the grass root level of all forces. He enjoined the officers to put in more effort to track down the culprits of Dangri incident. He directed for alertness on borders as also in the hinterland. He emphasized on using the border SPOs for creating a strong border intelligence network besides utilizing the services of VDGs more efficiently and in an organized way.
DGP said that Pakistan is using all methods to involve youth in the drug menace and added that regular seizure of various consignments of narcotics has spoiled their evil intentions. He said that stern actions and synchronized efforts of all forces will definitely demolish the whole network of the drug trade. He emphasized on strengthening of Naka points on national highways to keep a check on the transportation of drugs, weapons, and other criminal activities.
During the meeting, discussions were held on the infiltration bids of militants, supply of weapons and narcotics from across the border besides other issues of security concerns. It was pointed out that Pak agencies are indulging in narcotics and weapon smuggling besides transportation of cash across the LoC for funding militant activities. Many of such consignments have been interrupted by JKP and the security forces deployed in the area. The need and means to further augment the border & hinterland security grids were also discussed.
On the onset of the meeting, the officers of the twin border districts briefed DGP about the present security scenario along the LoC and in the hinterlands besides they presented a detailed briefing about ongoing anti-militant operations and the security grid deployed post-Dhangri incident. [KNT]
