DGP Nalin Prabhat reviews security arrangements in Old City Sgr
Srinagar: DGP Nalin Prabhat, on Monday conducted a comprehensive review of security arrangements in Downtown Srinagar.
An official said that the review was carried out in view of restrictions imposed in parts of the city on July 13 for maintenance of law and order.
Accompanied by IGP Kashmir V K Birdhi, DIG Central Kashmir and SSP Srinagar Dr. Sundeep Chakravarthy along with other senior officers, the DGP assessed deployment of forces, traffic management and security measures at key locations in the downtown area.
Officials said all necessary arrangements have been put in place to ensure peace and prevent any untoward incident.
The police urged citizens to cooperate with security agencies and follow the advisories issued for the day.
Notably, the administration had imposed restrictions in several parts of Srinagar to prevent people from assembling at the graveyard in Naqshband Sahib area of the city.
While the area within a one-kilometre radius of the graveyard was sealed off on Sunday, barricades were set up in the old city and some parts of the civil lines area as a precautionary measure, officials said.
They further informed that police and paramilitary forces have been deployed in strength to meet any eventuality and maintain law and order.
Sources in the establishment said the restrictions have been imposed in the city to prevent a repeat of last year’s drama, when Chief Minister Omar Abdullah scaled a fence to offer tributes after police locked the gates.
The police in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir report to the lieutenant governor.
