*Stresses on smashing nexus of OGWs effectively
Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Feb 6: Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh today directed the police officers to take stringent action against the elements found involved in unlawful activities to prevent crime and to keep check on criminal elements in the society.
He also exhorted upon them to focus on quality crime disposal while dealing with law and order and counter insurgency operations.
DGP was chairing a meeting of the District Police officers and other senior Police officers to review the crime and security situation at Awantipora. DIG SKR Atul Goel, SSP Awantipora Tahir Saleem, SDPOs, other gezetted officers of the district, SHOs and Incharge Police Posts attended the meeting.
While speaking, Dilbag Singh directed senior officers to conduct regular crime review meetings with the SDPOs and SHOs to improve the disposal of crime cases and conviction rate. He also directed jurisdictional officers to give special focus on crime against the women and Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO). He said that already issued Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) should be strictly adhered to deal with such type of cases. He directed senior officers to closely monitor such issues, and cases.
DGP urged upon officers to look for and apprehend main suppliers of drugs while handling drug peddlers. He directed for organizing more Civic Action Programmes to engage youth in sports and cultural activities and provide platform to show their talent to the nation.
Singh said that good number of terrorists were gunned down in anti-militancy operations in Anantnag, Shopian and Awantipora and exhorted upon the police personnel to continue with similar operations in future as well.
Referring to the recent successful encounter at Ban Toll Plaza and the arrest of OGWs of JeM, the DGP stressed for smashing the nexus of OGWs effectively. He said that priority is to identify the inter-district OGWs network and the elements facilitating the movement of terrorists so as to uproot them. He directed to intensify counter-insurgency operations to neutralize the remaining terrorists.
The jurisdictional officers briefed the DGP regarding the functioning and work done on different fronts by them and their offices.
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