Srinagar, May 10: The Director General of Police Kuldeep Khoda on Tuesday said five Indian Reserve Police (IRP) battalions, trained in use of non-lethal equipment, would be deployed in field to maintain law and order in Jammu and Kashmir.
 “They will use more humane and people-friendly policing techniques. Our priority is to ensure peace and security of the people of the state and nobody will be allowed to disrupt the peaceful atmosphere for their interests," Khoda said chairing a high level meeting, convened to review the law and order situation in the valley, at Police Control  Room here.
 He said for the first time five IRP battalions would be inducted  in the Valley and they would be protected by light body gears.
 The equipment would protect them from any kind of mob fury while  maintaining the law and order, he said.
 The police chief said the law and order situation in the state  was satisfactory. However, the police would tackle any emergent situation  firmly, he added.
 Khoda stressed upon the officers present in the meeting to ensure  minimum use of force while dealing law and order situation to avoid  loss of human lives.
 The department has procured non-lethal equipment specially made  by the Defence and Research Development Organization (DRDO) which  would help the police personnel to disperse  mobs without causing  any loss of life, he said.
 Going by the previous experience, Khoda said the department had worked out a new strategy to prevent such situation in future.
 He asked the officers to ensure that newly procured equipments are issued to the personnel maintaining the law and order, and to use minimum force to avoid causalities.
 During the meeting, the DGP issued instructions to the officers  working in the field to earn public confidence by adopting public  friendly approach while curbing the activities of criminals.
 People approach police with great expectations and the personnel  working in police stations should exhibit their professional traits  and give a patient hearing to their genuine grievances, Khoda said.  

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