Jammu, Feb 13: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha Thursday said that no remnants of terrorism would be tolerated in Jammu division and directed the officials to take steps to wipe out terrorism from the region.
Chairing a high-level meeting and reviewing the security scenario in the Jammu division, LG Sinha said, “We should not even have remnants of terrorism in the Jammu region. Take effective steps to wipe out terrorism and ensure complete dismantling of the infrastructure and local support of terrorism.”
He said that the focus should be on the complete wipeout of terrorism from the Jammu division.
The LG directed the J&K Police officials to take the strongest possible action against those providing logistical and financial support to terrorism.
“Make sure that acts of individuals or groups trying to create fear in the society are termed as terrorist action and they should be punished as per the law,” he directed the Police officials.
LG Sinha also discussed the roadmap for technology-driven policing, area domination plan, inter-agency coordination, action against narco-terrorism, capacity building of Police force and innovative strategies to improve cyber patrolling and monitoring capabilities.
He stressed credible intelligence gathering, sharing of real-time operational intelligence, and anti-terror operations based on precise inputs.
“Every perpetrator and supporter of terrorism must pay the price. We need to equip ourselves with credible intelligence and act more effectively to neutralise the terrorists and ensure the security of citizens. We must be prepared for conventional as well as non-conventional threats,” the LG said.
He directed for stronger measures to protect borders.
“We must strengthen border security against asymmetric threats due to porous borders with ravines and difficult mountain ranges and all the security agencies must work together to provide necessary back-up support,” LG Sinha said.
He also called for strengthening the legal framework to deal with terror propagandists and strengthening of Police establishment at the local level for modern and efficient policing.
The meeting was attended by DGP Nalin Prabhat; ADGP Armed Anand Jain; ADGP Headquarters M K Sinha; ADGP CID Nitish Kumar; Principal Secretary to LG Mandeep K Bhandari; IGP Jammu Bhim Sen Tuti; IGP Crime Sunil Gupta; IGP Security Sujit Kumar; IGP Railways Vivek Gupta; IG Traffic M Suleman Choudhary; Range DIGs, SSPs, and other senior officers of various wings of J&K Police.
Earlier, the DGP and IGP Jammu briefed the LG on the future action plan and the proposed measures to tackle the security challenges to ensure a safe and secure environment for the people.
The IGP Railways gave a detailed presentation on the security architecture of railways and the roadmap put in place to strengthen the security of stations and tracks.
