Kashmir

Protectees allowed to visit only after ground assessment of local threat is done: IGP Kashmir

SRINAGAR — Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kashmir has issued fresh advisory asking protectees not to go anywhere without the (PSO’s) Personal Security Officers.

The advisory comes after a Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) leader Rakesh Pandita was shot dead by suspected militants in Tral township in South Kashmir.

IGP in a tweet said, “No protectee should go anywhere without PSOs” adding “visits of protectees are allowed only after ground assessment of local threat is done.”

He also requested all the protectees not to violate (SOPs) Standard Operating Procedure and risk their lives unnecessarily. “Request is to all protectees not to violate SOPs and risk their lives unnecessarily,“ the tweet added. — (KIMS) 

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