SIA making a mark in investigating terror cases: DGP

Jammu, May 29: Director General of Police (DGP), Rashmi Ranjan Swain Wednesday said that the State Investigation Agency (SIA) was making a mark in investigating terror cases.

Reviewing the working of the SIA after a surprise visit to Jammu, the DGP impressed upon how the SIA was making a mark in investigating terror cases and creating a fear of law in the minds of terrorists and their associates in the terror ecosystem.

SIA is focussing on property attachments, freezing of bank accounts, executing non-bailable warrants, and opening look-out circulars to put social as well as financial pressure on terrorists.

The DGP agreed to the proposition of the SIA officials that full-throttled efforts should be made to make those seeking and succeeding in getting bail connected with terrorism, secessionism, narcotics, land mafia, and gangsterism pay for the anklet.

They contended that the public should not pay for the anklet and its service which costs around Rs 50,000.

The DGP reviewed the SIA’s overall work and interacted with the officials posted there.

SP and Head of the Jammu unit of SIA, Deepika explained how the working space and environment had been improved for SIA investigation officers while chargesheets of important terror financing and narco-terrorism cases had been filed.

She also explained the anklet programme pioneered by the CID Wing.

J&K Police is the first in the country in entire country which introduced this technology-based stringent bail condition that remotely monitors the movement of UAPA, NDPS, and other offenders facing criminal proceedings for committing heinous and repeat crimes.