RR Swain took over as 17th Director General of Police, Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday. Swain took charge from former DGP Dilbag Singh, who superannuated on October 31.
Security has been tightened in Jammu's Nagrota after a tiffin box-based improvised explosive device (IED) was found on the Sidhra Narwal highway stretch on Saturday evening.
Before the start of India's match against South Africa in the 37th ODI World Cup 2023 game at Eden Garden in Kolkata, which will take place on Virat Kohli's 35th birthday, fans in Jammu said that Kohli will surely score his century on his birthday.
Jammu and Kashmir People's Conference chief Sajad Lone condemned the targeted killings in the valley. He said that we should not involve violence with politics.
The ruling BJP-led Centre had been maintaining that the probe agencies were doing their job, refusing the allegation of "political vendetta" from opposition bloc INDIA.
"The DGP said that handlers from across the borders are not sending money here to build hospitals, roads and other things but to support terrorism and disturb peace here," the statement quoting DGP said.
A special National Investigation Court here in Jammu passed an order directing Jammu and Kashmir police to affix a GPS tracker to track the movement of a terror accused on bail a police statement said.
Averting a major incident, which could have possibly led to loss of lives, Jammu Police on Saturday recovered an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in a tiffin box, according to an official statement.
During the meeting, the IGP Jammu directed the officers to augment measures for improving the capability of personnel in dealing with narco cases and UAPA cases.
District administration authorities in J-K's Anantnag, in collaboration with the Ayush department and district legal services, organized a medical health check-up camp and yoga training session for various prisoners lodged at the district jail in Anantnag, said officials on Friday.