Srinagar, Aug 01: Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha on Saturday chaired a high-level security review meeting in the wake of the Kulgam terror attack on non-local labourers, directing all Deputy Commissioners and SSPs to conduct a comprehensive review of the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) established to protect labourers from outside Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting was attended by Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo, DGP Nalin Prabhat, Principal Secretary Home Chandraker Bharti, Special DG Coordination S.J.M. Gillani, ADGP CID Nitish Kumar, Commissioner Secretary GAD M Raju, IGPs, Divisional Commissioners, SSPs, Deputy Commissioners, and other senior officials.
The Lieutenant Governor directed that employers must ensure all workers from other states and Union Territories are provided insurance and that their details are registered with local police and district authorities. “We must intensify precise, high-impact anti-terror operations to neutralise the terrorists,” he said.
He instructed authorities to ensure dignified last rites for the victims of the Kulgam terror attack and to provide all support to bereaved families.
The meeting also discussed security arrangements in place for the ongoing Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra and strengthening of the security grid.
