MIRPUR (Kashmir English): To ensure foolproof safety and security for the life and property of common man in lake-side district of Mirpur in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK), the district police is going to launch an integrated phase-wise Safe City project soon.
The move is in line with the modern age needs. This was disclosed by the newly-appointed Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mirpur, Khurram Iqbal while talking to journalists at Kashmir Press Club here on Monday.
The SSP continued that the upcoming safe-city project will involve all required latest and quick means of communication including the CCTV cameras at all vulnerable and busiest points in the district including the thickly-populated and fast- developing city of Kashmiri expatriates, to monitor the movement of the human beings, and net the unscrupulous and unwarranted elements.
Khurram Iqbal said that at present at least 30 CCTV cameras have been installed in various parts of the city, of which only six cameras were reportedly found operational.
Unveiling his proposed plan to combat the anti-social elements, vagabonds and drug traffickers, the SSP said that there will be a strict operation against the unscrupulous elements including drug paddlers and their handlers since there was no space for them in the district.
“In the wake of the proposed broad-based and stringent drive to round up criminals, stringent action was being taken against those also engaged in abusing the dignity of people by making fake IDs on different platforms of social media.
The SSP said several IDs were currently under investigation to unearth the accused involved in maligning the dignity and honour of the people under the bogey of personal or collective enmity.
Highlighting his other priorities to improve the performance of the district police, the SSP stated that he intend to establish a women’s police station soon.
“We will establish community policing and city liaison committees aimed to create a high image of police where common man feels safe.
The SSP warned that those involved in making fake IDs will not be spared and brought to justice.
No space for criminal elements in Mirpur
Iqbal said that there was no space for criminal elements in Mirpur. “We will not spare drug peddlers and their handlers. “If any police officer is found involved backing or patronising the criminals, he will have to face stricter action,” he declared.
The SSP said that during his posting in Mirpur, he will try to complete the Safe City project on latest lines of information technology.
He said protection of public life and property is police’s responsibility adding work for fixing the faulty cameras has started.
He said there will be zero tolerance for drug traffickers and other criminals. Earlier on his arrival, President Syed Abid Hussain Shah, General Secretary Raja Sohrab Khan warmly received the police officer.
