SSP SAMBA BENAM TOSH PRESIDED OVER POLICE- PUBLIC MEET AT BORDER VILLAGE GLAR

Samba, April 8 : Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh today presided over police-public meet at border village Glar situated in Samba sector which was attended by hundreds of people including ladies, retired officers of Army, Revenue, Education Department, prominent citizens and common public. SSP was accompanied by Joint Director Prosecution Pawan Khajuria, Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary, DySP DAR Ajay Anand, SHO police station Samba Rajeshwar Singh and Incharge Police Post Rakh Amb Tali Vineet Singh.

Those who spoke on the occasion on behalf of the public were Col.(Retd.) Som Dutt, Headmaster (Retd.) Sat Paul Sharma, Naib Tehsildar (Retd.) Jagdish Raj Sharma, ex-panch Ms. Raj Kumari, ex-servicemen League convener Surjit Singh (Bittu Fouji), District President Kissan Morcha Mohinder Paul and Garu Ram.      

Speaking on the occasion, SSP Samba Benam Tosh said that police would organize sports events,  cultural activities and anti drug awareness competitions in border villages with a view to orient youth towards constructive activities rather than indulging in drug addiction. He further said that police is conducting inquest proceedings with sincerity and dedication u/s 174 CrPC into the suspicious death of a person whose dead body was found alongside the road passing through the crop fields few days ago. Medical report and FSL report are awaited, he told. He directed the officers to maintain updated records of all immigrants & emigrants and take necessary action under law against those who fail to provide information to concerned Police Station / PP regarding tenants putting up at their homes. He said that he remains in direct touch with lower subordinates breaking all proper channels as far as matters pertaining to investigations are concerned so that no lacuna is left in the investigation of any case. SSP appreciated the role of police in Samba district vis-a-vis public dealings and reiterated that Police public meets would be continued across the district to bring police at the doorsteps of masses. 

Earlier in the day, SSP, Joint Director Prosecution, Addl. SP, DySP, SHO and IC PP concerned visited the site where dead body of a person belonging to village Glar was found under suspicious circumstances few days ago. SSP along with other officers also visited the house of deceased and expressed deep condolences.

SAMBA POLICE FOILED ILLEGAL BOVINE SMUGGLING ATTEMPT , ARRESTED 5 BOVINE SMUGGLERS, RESCUED 17 BOVINES

Samba , April 7 : Police has achieved yet another success in drive against smugglers under the overall supervision of SSP Samba Benam Tosh, foiled another illegal bovine smuggling attempt at Mansar, arrested five (5) bovine smugglers and rescued 17 bovines.

   The bovine smuggling attempt was made by smugglers at odd mid night hours around 1:00 a.m. considering that  everybody including police might be sleeping but it was not so, police was alert and police party headed by Chowki Officer Mansar Deepak Sharma and HC Mohinder Singh under the supervision of SHO Samba Rajeshwar Singh, DySP Garu Ram & Additional SP Samba Surinder Choudhary intercepted the smugglers at Bindu Pada Mansar while smuggling bovines to Kashmir valley via Mansar and arrested all the five smugglers and rescued all seventeen bovine animals they were illegally smuggling out .

    The arrested bovine smugglers have been identified as Gulzar Ahmed s/o Abdul Hamid r/o Khatnari, Kokarnag, Anantnag, Wajid Hussain s/o Mohd.Gogar r/o Samba, Mohd. Younis s/o Abdul Hameed r/o Khatana Keharpora Anantnag, Arf r/o Samba and Anis r/o Kachwan, Anantnag. A case has been registered at Police Station Samba through Police Post Mansar and investigation has been started. 

It is second illegal bovine smuggling attempt foiled by Samba Police at Mansar since yesterday and total seven bovine smugglers have been arrested and twenty four bovines rescued within just twenty-four hours.

   Senior Superintendent of Police Samba Benam Tosh has issued directions to all officers that no innocent person should be  harassed  while taking  stern action under law  against notorious smugglers / criminals who adopt different modus-operandi to escape themselves from  clutches of law.