EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, Oct 4:The Jammu and Kashmir government has set-up a dedicated railway police wing to deal with the security of trains, tracks, railway stations and passengers in the state.
"We have set-up a separate railway police force wing to guard the railway assets and passengers in Jammu and Kashmir and the government has sanctioned 2,637 posts for the force," DGP Kuldeep Khoda said.
He said more people will be recruited soon to raise the strength of the sanctioned number, adding the process has already begun.
The force, which will deal exclusively with the security of trains, tracks, railway stations and passengers in the state, will be headed by an officer of the rank of IGP.
The wing will also include a deputy inspector general, two senior superintendents, eight deputy superintendents, 17 inspectors, 88 sub-inspectors, 142 assistant sub-inspectors, 309 head constables, 24 selection grade constables, 1,922 constables, 122 followers, two police medical officers, six nursing orderlies and four pharmacists, he said.
The post of IGP of Railways has already been bifurcated from the state police's crime wing, he said.
Railway Police, which used to guard the Jammu-Pathankote railway track and Jammu railway station, had strength of just 442, with 30 of the posts still lying vacant.
Besides this, over 300 special police officers and over 100 ex-servicemen will be raised as part of the railway security wing.
"There was a long-felt need for strengthening of separate wing of Jammu and Kashmir Police. These steps will enhance the quality of policing on both law and order and militancy fronts," he said. |
