Security forces given free hand to neutralise terror ecosystem: J&K L-G
The Hindu
Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir chairs security meeting ahead of Pulwama attack anniversary, vows to crush terrorism.
Days ahead of the anniversary of the Pulwama attack, the Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir Manoj Sinha on Wednesday (February 12, 2025) chaired a security meeting in Srinagar, and said the J&K Police and security forces had been given a “free hand to neutralise the terror ecosystem operating in the shadows”.
“You (the security agencies) must follow a zero tolerance policy to tackle terrorism. I have given J&K Police and Security Forces a free hand to neutralise the terror ecosystem operating in the shadows. Those supporting and financing terrorism will have to pay a very heavy price,” Mr. Sinha told the top officials of security wings in J&K.
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The L-G chaired a high-level meeting at the unified headquarters in Srinagar to review the security scenario in the Kashmir division. The meeting was attended by the Director General of Police (DGP), J&K, Nalin Prabhat; Additional Director General of Police (ADGP), Headquarters, M.K. Sinha; ADGP, Criminal Investigation Department (CID), Nitish Kumar; Principal Secretary to the Lieutenant Governor, Mandeep K. Bhandari; Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kashmir, Vidhi Kumar Birdi; IGP, Crime, Sunil Gupta; IGP, Security, Sujit Kumar; and IGP, Railways, Vivek Gupta, among others.
The meeting was held two days ahead of the Pulwama attack that left 40 security personnel dead on February 14, 2019 in south Kashmir. The incident brought India-Pakistan relations to the brink.
The meeting also came a day after two soldiers were killed in an improvised explosive device (IED) blast close to the Line of Control in Jammu’s Akhnoor sector.
Officials said the DGP briefed the chair on the security scenario in the Valley, and presented a roadmap to counter various security challenges, including counter insurgency; law and order; protection of minorities; and recruitment of terrorists at the zonal, range, and district levels.
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