Operations against militants will continue, says DGP
Srinagar: Asserting that anti-militancy operations will continue despite Covid-19 pandemic, Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh on Wednesday said “there will be no compromise in our efforts for establishing a lasting peace in the Union Territory”.
He stressed for more vigil and alertness, and said “the infiltration attempts are being constantly made from across the border”.
“All concerned security forces are maintaining alert at the borders to check the nefarious designs of our neighboring country,” DGP said while reviewing security scenario of all the districts of North Kashmir Range. He was accompanied by IGP Kashmir Zone Vijay Kumar.
The DGP visited Baramulla to also take stock of the preparation/measures amid Covid-19 to contain the spread of the disease, a police spokesperson said in a statement.
He said the DGP chaired the meeting of senior jurisdictional police officers and commanding officers from police and CAPFs of North Kashmir range districts wherein he reviewed the preparations and measures put in place to tackle the spread of coronavirus cases.
During the meeting the DGP stressed for implementing the government orders in letter and spirit to contain the spread of coronavirus particularly in red zone areas. He directed that all the necessary preventive and precautionary measures have to be strictly enforced on ground to check the disease.
He emphasized upon the officers to continue all help in tracking the contacts of corona positive persons so that the transmission chain could be breached. He directed the officers that only permissible public movement has to be allowed, particularly in the areas declared as containment zones. (GNS)