The former chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir is now not entitled to the Special Protection Group (SSG) cowl as the federal government has determined to scale back the elite police power.
The J&Okay Home Department has issued an order asking the Additional Director General of Police, Security to implement a suggestion by the Security Review and Coordination Committee to “minimize” the SSG. The committee analyzes menace notion about vital leaders in Jammu and Kashmir.
The transfer will have an effect on the safety of Farooq Abdullah, Ghulam Nabi Azad, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti. While senior Abdullah and Azad will proceed to obtain safety from the National Security Guards, Umar and Mufti will get Z-plus safety, a menace notion evaluation to them by the Security Review and Coordination Committee. The personnel for his or her safety will now be drawn from the safety wing of J&Okay Police and now not SSG.
The SSG Act was amended after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s particular standing, aside from the clause that the power offers safety to former chief ministers and their households. It will proceed to guard the CM and the household.
The authorities order stated: “To maintain continuity, the posted strength of the SSG should be reduced to a minimum, preferably headed by the DYSP.”
While the order now not talks in regards to the power’s potential energy, as it’s not to be headed by a police officer of the rank of a deputy superintendent of police, it’s possible to not exceed 50 personnel.
The order stated that “appropriate number of personnel” be deployed within the safety wing of the J&Okay Police Close Protection Team. “Post the remaining SSG personnel to other wings to make best use of their knowledge/training/expertise,” the order stated. “All resources including SSG vehicles, access control gadgets, etc. will be transferred to the security wing.”
Presently, the SSG contains about 500 personnel and is headed by a Director, an officer of the rank of IGP. The power has two deputy administrators, 4 superintendents of police and about 15 deputy superintendents of police.
The PDP stated the federal government “does not care about the lives of the people” in Jammu and Kashmir. Referring to the safety breach in Punjab by the Center throughout Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s go to, the get together stated, “Compare it with the situation here, attacks are taking place, targeted killings are taking place. Nothing is going to stop us from speaking up for the people.”
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
