Calls For Identifying Militant Harbourers, Bringing Them To Justice
Jammu- The Director General of Police, Dilbag Singh said on Thursday that neutralizing a militant was not enough unless all those involved in harbouring him are identified and brought to justice.
Chairing a meeting of Kashmir Zone officers at Police Headquarters here, the DGP also directed stringent action against the over-ground workers (OGWs) and support network providing any kind of help to militants.
“Property of accused to be seized under law and absconding accused to be declared as ‘proclaimed offender’ besides initiating action under law,” Singh said, according to a police spokesperson.
The DGP also impressed upon officers to deal with the UAPA cases more efficiently and professionally for which, he said that all the required support shall be provided.
“SIUs have been created to pace up result oriented investigation in UAPA cases and assist the overall efforts of district police to dismantle the terror ecosystem,” he said.
Stressing for taking the investigation more seriously and execution of a plan of action in each case, the DGP directed for efficient investigation and timely presentation of the chargesheet.
Singh, the spokesperson said, enjoined upon all supervisory officers to analyze all the UAPA/NDPS cases and subsequently start the investigation taking into account their sensitivity.
The DGP, he said, also directed the District SSsP to supervise each and every case personally besides involving prosecution officers to mitigate legal and technical lacuna, if any.
“He directed for conducting regular review meetings at different levels to analyze the cases under investigation besides for taking additional measures to improve conviction rate,” he added.
Stressing for speedy investigation process and improvement in the conviction rate, the spokesperson said that the DGP emphasized upon the officers to ensure that the investigation of UAPA cases are foolproof, taking into account every evidence and contemplating trial of cases in order to achieve the desired results.
The range DIsG of Kashmir Zone briefed the DGP regarding the progress of each under investigation UAPA cases through detailed powerpoint presentations.
Among others who attended the meeting included ADGP (Coordination) PHQ, Danesh Rana, IGP (CIV) PHQ, B.S Tuti, AIsG PHQ, Dr. G.V Sandeep Chakravarthy and J. S. Johar, while ADGP Kashmir, Vijay Kumar, and DIGs, all District SSsP of Kashmir Zone, DD Prosecution Kashmir besides all CIOs of SIUs/IOs in UAPA cases attended the meeting through video conferencing.
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