{"id":20184,"date":"2020-01-29T12:03:37","date_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:33:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=20184"},"modified":"2020-01-29T12:03:37","modified_gmt":"2020-01-29T06:33:37","slug":"dsps-arrest-fallout-crpf-scans-over-3-lakh-personnel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=20184","title":{"rendered":"DSP\u2019s Arrest Fallout: CRPF Scans Over 3 Lakh Personnel"},"content":{"rendered":"

GURGAON \u2013<\/em><\/strong> The CRPF has carried out a mega audit of its over three lakh personnel to check for any possible \u201csubversive\u201d elements in the wake of a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer being caught with militants recently, the chief of the paramilitary force said here on Tuesday.<\/em><\/p>\n

CRPF Director General (DG) A P Maheshwari said the incident involving Deputy Superintendent of Police Davinder Singh was \u201cgrave\u201d and an \u201carea of extreme concern\u201d for the forces, adding that all should see that these things don\u2019t occur.<\/em><\/p>\n

So it was \u201ccommon sense\u201d to carry out such an audit of its manpower, deployed as the lead force for counter-militancy and anti-Naxal operations across the country, when any incident like this take place, he said.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cIf something happens somewhere, it is a case to revisit ourselves and that is what we have done. We have no doubts about our personnel,\u201d the CRPF chief said.<\/em><\/p>\n

A senior official said the counter-intelligence units of the force were recently asked to check the credentials of the personnel after obtaining data from all available sources and they have been asked to be kept on \u201cactive mode\u201d for some more time.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cNo security grid should be allowed to be weakened by such episodes. So, all forces have to keep an internal watch,\u201d he said on the arrest of DSP Singh.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAll forces should maintain vigilance so that there is no such type of subversion or some sort of intrusion within the force\u2026,\u201d the DG told reporters here.<\/em><\/p>\n

JK Police had arrested Singh at Mir Bazar in Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s Kulgam district along with Hizbul Mujahideen militants Naveed Baba and Altaf, besides a lawyer on January 11.<\/em><\/p>\n

Maheshwari said that somebody from a security force trying to collaborate with adversaries is a \u201cserious matter\u201d. However, he added that a lone incident cannot be used to \u201cbrand\u201d the entire force which has done onerous work in the past.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cAn isolated incident should not be taken as branding of any particular force. The JK Police has tremendous contributions in normalising the situation (in Kashmir),\u201d the DG said at a force camp here.<\/em><\/p>\n

One incident should not be used to cast \u201caspersions on the dignity of the force, on the strength of the force, and therefore I don\u2019t buy this is theory that there can be more such elements, but yes it is a matter of concern and all should see that these things don\u2019t occur,\u201d said the DG, a 1984-batch IPS officer of Uttar Pradesh cadre who took over the reins of the force on January 15.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are further strengthening our systems\u2026 which were already in place,\u201d he said referring to the vigilance and intelligence checks conducted on their personnel in Kashmir valley and other places.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhen something happens in neighbourhood, then it is common sense to do it (check against subversive elements) quickly again,\u201d he added.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Central Reserve Police Force has deployed close to 70,000 personnel in Kashmir Valley for counter-militancy and law and order duties.<\/em><\/p>\n

It is the country\u2019s largest Central Armed Police Force (CAPF) with 3.25 lakh personnel in its ranks and is categorised as the lead national internal security force.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

GURGAON \u2013 The CRPF has carried out a mega audit of its over three lakh personnel to check for any possible \u201csubversive\u201d elements in the wake of a Jammu and Kashmir Police officer being caught with militants recently, the chief of the paramilitary force said here on Tuesday. CRPF Director General (DG) A P Maheshwari […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7958,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20184\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}