Srinagar: SSP Srinagar Sh. Amit Kumar today held a public meeting with the people residing in the areas of the jurisdiction of police station Rainawari, Khanyar and Nowhatta in Khanyar Sub-Division at the Community Hall near Dastigeer sahib shrine at Khanyar.
It was the first in the series of such public meetings which the SSP Shri Amit Kumar intends to hold in all Sub-Divisions in Srinagar.
About 200 people of Mohalla Masjid Committees, Senior
citizens, respectable, representatives of trade and transport besides people of other walks of life attended the meeting.
The people thanked SSP for holding such meeting in a public place rather than a police establishment as it gives more confidence to the people. They impressed upon the SSP to fight against drug addiction and other social crimes like eve teasing.
The SSP assured them that most of these issues will be addressed in a week’s time and the issues pertaining to other departments will be taken up with the concern department.
After the meeting the SSP had an informal discussion with the public over a cup of Kehwa that was served to the public in the lawns of the community hall. A brief interaction was also held with the media who had come to cover the function. The SSP expressed his thanks to the public for attending the function and the press for giving coverage to the function besides reporting on social crimes prevalent in the society. The SSP said that the best team of officers is being provided to the citizens of Sher-i-Khas.
The meeting was attended by others including SP City North Shri Tahir Saleem Khan, SDPO Khanyar Shri Sajad Khaliq Bhat, SHO Khanyar Shri Manzoor Ahmad, SHO Nowhatta Shri Parveez Ahmad and SHO Rainawari Shri Ferooz Ahmad. (GNS