Archive · 16 Sep 2026
Kashmir IGP Reviews Security Preparedness Across Central Kashmir
Kashmir’s senior police officer held a meeting about keeping Central Kashmir safe.
Police officials from several districts explained the situation in their areas.
They discussed how officers and security teams were deployed.
The IGP asked police to improve checking, surveillance and patrols.
He also told them to watch vulnerable places and district borders carefully.
Police were asked to stay alert all day and night.
Vehicle checks were carried out in Srinagar and other districts.
These checks caused some traffic jams during busy hours.
IGP Kashmir Sujit Kumar chaired a security review meeting at PCR Kashmir on Wednesday.
Senior police officers from Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal briefed him on local security conditions.
Officials reviewed personnel deployment, operational readiness and the security grid across Central Kashmir.
The IGP ordered stronger counter-insurgency operations, area domination, naka checking and border surveillance.
Vehicle checks were conducted across central Kashmir, causing traffic jams during peak hours.
- Who
- IGP Kashmir Sujit Kumar and senior police officers from the Central Kashmir Range.
- What
- A meeting to review security conditions, police preparedness, deployments and preventive measures.
- When
- Wednesday; vehicle checking was also conducted that day.
- Where
- The review meeting took place at the Police Control Room Kashmir, with checks across Srinagar and other Central Kashmir districts.
- Why
- To maintain peace, public order and public safety, and to ensure prompt responses to vulnerable situations.
- Meeting chair
- IGP, Kashmir Zone, Sujit Kumar
- Meeting venue
- Police Control Room Kashmir
- Area reviewed
- Central Kashmir Range
- Districts represented
- Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal
- Security priorities
- Counter-insurgency operations, area domination, naka checking, border surveillance and personnel readiness
- Operational direction
- Maintain round-the-clock vigilance and strengthen deployments when required
- Public impact
- Vehicle checks caused traffic jams at peak hours in parts of central Kashmir