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| Need for effective crowd control |
| Need for effective crowd control in Kashmir, says PM
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| INDIA
, 26-August-2010
5:21:25 AM |
| Addressing a conference of senior police officials from around the country, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today voiced serious concern over the ongoing spate of violent protests in Kashmir. (Read full text here)
"Despite the curtailment of militant activities in Jammu and Kashmir, the public order dimension in the state has become a cause of serious concern," he said addressing the three-day Conference of Directors General and Inspectors General of Police.
"We need to revisit standard operating procedures and crowd control measures to deal with public agitations with non-lethal, yet effective and focused measures. We also cannot have an approach of one size fits all" the Prime Minister stressed.
With Kashmir caught in a vicious cycle of violence with stone pelting crowds taking centrestage, Singh spoke of the need for better and non-lethal methods of crowd control
Singh asked Home Minister P Chidambaram to establish a high-powered task force to come out with a set of recommendations on non-lethal crowd control measures in the next two to three months.
He said that instead of single standard sequence for the use of force, other countries have put in place procedures that vary according to the situation.
The Prime Minister cited the experience of Rapid Action Force for non-lethal crowd control which has been successful saying it should be examined for being followed by other police forces also
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