J&K DGP Calls for Strengthening Village Defence Groups to Combat Border Infiltration

J&K DGP Calls for Strengthening Village Defence Groups to Combat Border Infiltration

Jammu and Kashmir DGP RR Swain on Sunday said that we have always had a different kind of challenge in the tunnelling and the riverine.

“But taking advantage of the villages, the border villages who have a history of standing up and being able to participate alongside police and security forces, to be able to play their role or contribute and defeat infiltration and intrusion. We want to take that to a different level,” he said.

DGP Swain said that there were village defence groups earlier, but their numbers were less.

“In some of these village defence groups, the total number of members was less…So we would like to increase both the numbers and the membership,” he said.

The police chief said that they would like to also increase the quality of the weapons, the equipment and the coordination with the police and the BSF, and a new level of energy..