JAMMU: As many as 483 politicians and important personalities are being provided special security in Jammu and Kashmir.
of these. 396 persons are provided security under “protected category” and 87 under “Z” category, which includes six in the ‘Z Plus” category, according to a police magazine.
The report, which appeared in a magazine published by the Jammu and Kashmir Police entitled ‘Jammu and Kashmir Police: Timing a new Leaf.’ said that since the onset of militancy, in 1989. Personal security had assumed serious and wider dimensions and the security wing of the police had been stretched to the maximum
By the end of 1994.396 persons were in the protected category,” 81 in the “Z” category and six in the “Plus Z” category, as compared to just 148 persons in the *protected category. “Including 10 in the “Z” category at the beginning of 1990.
However, despite the manifold increase in the high-risk category of protected persons, the sanctioned strength of the security wing of the state police remained static at 244 personnel, due to which resources had to be drawn from the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police (JKAP). The present requirement for protecting persons and other security duties at various installations and establishments comes to three armed police battalion. The report said the security wing of the state police has also been providing security at installations, including the All India Radio stations, Doordarshan Kendras, Jawahar Tunnel, airports, Dulhasti hydro-electric project, Uri civil hydro electric project, besides the Raj Bhavan, the civil secretariat and the police headquarters in Srinagar and Jammu.
Article extracted from this publication >> January 20, 1995
