Srinagar, March 3: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Tuesday chaired a high-level meeting of senior police and civil administration officials at the Police Control Room, Kashmir, to review the law & order situation.
The meeting was attended by Nalin Prabhat, DGP J&K; S J M Gillani, Special DG (Coordination); Anand Jain, ADGP Armed; Nitish Kumar, ADGP CID; V K Birdi, IGP Kashmir; Anshul Garg, Divisional Commissioner Kashmir; Rajiv Pandey, DIG, CKR, Akshay Labroo, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar and other senior officials.
The Lieutenant Governor directed the officers to remain on heightened alert and take all necessary measures to ensure public peace and tranquillity.
The Lieutenant Governor also appealed to the citizens and community leaders to uphold harmony and contribute to an atmosphere of calm and goodwill in society.
“Preserving peace and sustaining the progress of society is a shared responsibility that rests equally upon each one of us,” he said.
The Lieutenant Governor Shared on X, “Chaired a meeting of senior police & civil administration officials at the Police Control Room, Kashmir, to review the law & order situation. Directed the officers to remain on heightened alert and take all necessary measures to ensure public peace and tranquillity.”
“I also appeal to the citizens and community leaders to uphold harmony and contribute to an atmosphere of calm and goodwill in society. Preserving peace and sustaining the progress of society is a shared responsibility that rests equally upon each one of us,” he said.
Earlier in the day, Lieutenant Governor held in-depth deliberations on the prevailing security situation in the union Territory with senior Army and police officers.
The high-level meeting to review the ground situation and preparedness measures with top security officials was held at Lok Bhavan in Srinagar
According to a government spokesperson, the meeting was attended by General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Command, Lieutenant General Pratik Sharma; Director General of Police, J&K, Nalin Prabhat; General Officer Commanding of the Srinagar-based 15 Corps, Lieutenant General Prashant Srivastava; and Major General Balbir Singh, MGGS, Northern Command.
Since the last two days restrictions have remained in place in several parts of Kashmir after the killing of Iranian Supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in joint US-Israeli strike.