DGP, GOC 16 Corps chart blueprint for Republic Day security in Jammu

Jammu, Jan 20: Director General of Police Rashmi Ranjan Swain and GOC 16 Corps Lieutenant General Navin Sachdeva Saturday charted the blueprint for Republic Day security.

A high-level security meeting to review preparedness for the Republic Day 2024 celebrations in Jammu Zone was held at Police Headquarters at Jammu.

DGP R R Swain and GOC 16 Corps Lt Gen Navin Sachdeva chaired the meeting which was attended by senior officers of the Army, Police, CAPFs, and sister agencies.

The meeting aimed to discuss the challenges and countermeasures to be adopted to ensure a safe and secure environment for the smooth and peaceful conduct of the national event.

Detailed discussions were held to strategise the placement of personnel at vital locations for incident-free celebrations.

Counter-measures to be adopted were also discussed threadbare.

During the meeting, it was agreed upon by all participating officers to go for proactive security arrangements for every venue across the Jammu region where celebrations were taking place.

The officers thrust on strengthening human intelligence besides leveraging technology aspects to enhance security.

Stress was also laid on taking the religious heads on board by having quality interaction with them ensuring that peace and stability are maintained.

Jurisdictional officers were directed to anticipate possible subversive acts and prepare countermeasures accordingly.

The officers were directed to focus on monitoring social media platforms, to report and rebut any misinformation.

Directions were given for taking strict action against users sharing concocted, anti-social, and anti-national content.

Specific directions were issued to field officers to not let the guard down to thwart any attempt to disturb the communal harmony.

Underlining the continuous attempts from adversaries across the border, special focus was laid on strengthening functional synergy between the forces besides ensuring planned joint area domination, special checkpoints, and revisiting anti-terror and anti-infiltration security grids.

Security of vital installations and religious places was also discussed.

Speaking on the occasion, DGP Swain said that the highest level of alertness needs to be maintained to foil any terror or law and order incident by adopting a proactive approach and using all the legal tools available.

He emphasised on strengthening of intelligence, security, and border grids for an appropriate response to any situation.

The DGP said that the intentions of the adversary were to be foiled by a proactive approach and by implementing innovative district-level plans.

He directed the officers to increase the physical movement of the leadership in their respective jurisdictions ensuring that all the vulnerable places, pockets and spots are taken care of by way of different security checks.

The officers of different forces, Army, CAPFs, Police, and intelligence agencies, gave their assessments in detail regarding different kinds of challenges ahead of the Republic Day.

ADGP Armed S J M Gillani, GOC 26 Div Major General Gaurav Gautam; ADGP Railways J&K Sunil Kumar; ADGP CID Nitish Kumar; IGP BSF Jammu Dinesh Kumar Boora, IGP Headquarters PHQ B S Tuti, IGP Armed and IRP M N Tiwari, DIG BSF (Operations) Brig Vikrant Nayar, BGS 16 Corps Arvind Chouhan, DIG JSK Range Shakti Pathak, DIG CRPF Jammu Ramesh Kumar, DIG SSB Sudhir Verma, DIG Armed Jammu Nisha Nathyal, SSP Jammu, AIGs of Police Headquarters, AIG CISF Anoop Sinha, SP Operations Jammu, and gazetted officers of different forces attended the meeting in person.

IG CRPF Jammu Sandeep Khirwar, ADGP Law and Order Vijay Kumar, ADGP Jammu Anand Jain, DIG UR Range, DIG DKR range, DIG RP Range, and all district SSPs of Jammu province attended the meeting through video conferencing.