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| Kapur puts civilian toll of militancy at 20,000 | | 7000 cops also died while combating militants since eruption | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
UDHAMPUR, Nov 20: The Chief Secretary, Mr. S.S.Kapur inaugurated a week-long Vertical Interaction Course (VIC) on "Tactical Preparedness for Counter Terrorism" in the Conference Hall of Sher-I-Kashmir Police Academy (SKPA), Udhampur, today. The interaction course is being sponsored by the Bureau of Police Research and Development, GOI, New Delhi.
As many as 18 IPS and senior police and paramilitary officers from across the country are participating in the VIC course.
Director, SKPA, Mr. Navin Agarwal, Deputy Commissioner, Udhampur, Mr. Ajay Khajuria, Senior Superintendent of Police, Udhampur, Mr. Surinder Gupta and Assistant Director, SKPA, Mr. Ravinder Singh (Course Director), were present on the inaugural session.
Terming the interaction course of great relevance in the present scenario, the Chief Secretary said that the programme would go a long way in sensitizing the participants about the growing menace of terrorism at national level and strategies required to be adopted in tackling it effectively.
He said that terrorism and insurgency have threatened the very foundations of Indian democracy and we need to be extremely vigilant in meeting this challenge. "New counter terrorism operations require more information, intelligence and technology rather than use of force and weaponry alone," he suggested and added that an integrated approach involving social and economic developmental measures was required to keep the social fabric of society intact.
Dwelling on the problem of cross-border terrorism in J&K State, Mr. Kapur said that over 20,000 civilians, 7,000 police personnel and SPOs have died in numerous incidents of terrorism during the last two decades. He said that administrative action by the State police and security forces has also seen neutralization of 20,000 terrorists in the State.
"The State Police which constitutes a major bulwark of the State machinery against the menace of terrorism needs to be strengthened in numbers as well as in equipment and training to meet the challenges. Most of the State police forces need to improve on cyber skills, human resource development, motivation and willingness to take risks would be crucial for our fight against terrorism," he maintained.
In his welcome address, Director SKPA apprised that week-long interaction on various issues concerning the several dimensions of terrorism, its ever changing ramifications, our current and futuristic preparedness to counter the terror threats and to make the police forces of the country more effective in dealing with the menace of terror would be discussed and hoped that new appropriate tactical action plan would be evolved after the culmination of this course. |
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