L-G Sinha chairs meeting to review security scenario

Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha today chaired a high-level meeting with senior officials to review the prevailing security scenario in Jammu Kashmir.

The meeting was attended by Nalin Prabhat, DGP; Chandraker Bharti, Principal Secretary Home; Nitish Kumar, ADGP, CID J&K; Mandeep K. Bhandari, Principal Secretary to Lieutenant Governor; Bhim Sen Tuti, IGP Jammu; and Shri Shiv Kumar Sharma, DIG Jammu-Samba-Kathua Range.

The Lieutenant Governor directed for strong and coordinated measures to completely wipe out terrorism and its entire ecosystem from Jammu Kashmir. “It is the collective resolve of the people of J&K and the nation to destroy the root of terror emanating from our neighbourhood. We must be resolute to fulfil this mission,” he said.

The L-G also directed to take strong action against OGWs who are providing logistics to terrorists, identifying targets for them and helping them to escape. “Infrastructure and support system of terrorism in every nook and corner of Union Territory has to be dismantled permanently. It should be our priority to ensure a sense of security to the common man,” Sinha added.

The L-G also directed to further strengthen the security grid and stressed upon the need for better coordination and synergy among the security agencies.