DGP visits Rajouri, Poonch
‘Be people friendly, but tough against the criminals’
SRINAGAR: Director General Police, J&K, Dilbag Singh has stressed upon the police personnel to equip themselves with the more professional skills to achieve better successes in fight against crime and militancy.
Singh has impressed upon police to be “people friendly, but tough against criminals”.
The DGP was addressing police personnel and officers at District Police Lines Rajouri and Poonch during his visit to the twin districts on Tuesday.
He was accompanied by IGP, Vijay Kumar and DIG Rajouri-Poonch Range Vivek Gupta.
The visit was part of the series of his visits to the districts of Jammu Zone. Earlier DGP visited Kishtwar, Bhaderwah, Gool, Mahore, Reasi and Udhampur districts of Jammu Zone.
In his address to police personnel, the DGP said that role of J&K Police “in achieving successes against terrorism has been lauded at national level”.
“The contribution of police in conducting one of the most peaceful Lok Sabha elections has received highest appreciation from the state and the Union government which has boosted morale of the force to work with more commitment and dedication,” he said.
The DGP said that drug abuse has become a great challenge for the society and the force is putting in hard work to eliminate the menace from the society.
He further said the J&K Police would make all possible efforts to tighten the noose against all those indulged in the trade and transportation of narcotic substances. He also said that peddlers should be booked under PSA to curb their malpractices and bring them to justice.
Singh said that training skills and working techniques of the police personnel are being further upgraded to make them more effective in their respective fields. Special pre-promotion courses, he said, are started at Range level to fill the newly released vacancies for promotion and courses have been specially designed to make them suitable to the ground requirements.
“All the ranks in the force are committed together to safeguard the interests of the nation and keep the flag of the organization high”.
Singh said that contribution of SPOs was “appreciable and the department is taking due care of their interests”.
“PHQ is on job to identify more measures for creating promotion avenues for all ranks in the department,” he said.
DGP rewarded police personnel of Rajouri district for a recently recovered haul of arms and ammunition. He also announced ‘bada-khana’ for the personnel.
District SSP Ramesh Kumar Angral and Yougal Manhas briefed the DGP about the functioning of police in their respective districts. They apprised the DGP about the measures taken to strengthen police and surveillance system. Welfare of police personnel, retired personnel and families of martyrs is also being addressed at district level, the DGP was informed.
Gazetted officers and other jurisdictional officers were present on the occasion.
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