Srinagar, Aug 4: The Director General of Police (DGP), Ashok Prasad, on Saturday asked the police officers to maintain vigil over “dormant elements” who could try to foment trouble and disrupt peace.
 Chairing a high level meeting held to discuss I-day arrangements at PHQ here, Prasad said: “We should take the benefit of previous experiences to ensure peaceful I-Day celebrations.”
 He stressed upon the participants to maintain vigil. “Dormant elements could try to foment trouble and to disrupt peace, so their activities should be kept under surveillance,” he added.   
 Earlier, the Additional Directors General of Police, K Rajendra Kumar and Dr Ram Lubhaya apprised the meeting about the arrangements with regard to the state level function being held at Bakshi Stadium. It was told that effective measures have been taken for the security and deployment of man power. ADGP SDRF, D R Doley, also apprised the meeting about the arrangements made by State Disaster Response Force.
 The Inspector General of Police (Kashmir Zone), S M Sahai, gave a briefing to the meeting about the I-Day preparedness. He said that all components have been accelerated throughout the Valley to conduct the celebrations. “High vigil is being maintained on trouble mongers and the activities of such elements would be curtailed,” the IGP added.
 The meeting was attended by senior police officers including Range Deputy Inspectors General of Police and District Superintendents of Police of the Valley.

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