Abid Bashir
Srinagar (NVI): The Jammu and Kashmir administration, led by Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu, today accorded sanction to set up first-ever Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) in the UT to tackle the menace of drug abuse and drug trafficking.
J&K Home Department issued an order to announce the setting up of the ANTF.
The order read that the sanction has been accorded to set up Anti Narcotics Task Force (ANTF) under the overall superintendence and control of the Inspector General of Police, Crime, Jammu and Kashmir.
The Home Department has also created one post of Superintendent of Police, two posts of Deputy Superintendents of Police, nine posts of Inspectors, eighteen posts of Sub Inspectors, eighteen posts of Assistant Sub Inspectors and fifty-two posts of selection grade constables and constables, who will all be part of ANTF.
The Home Department in its order has further stated that it shall be ensured that 50 per cent of Sub Inspectors to be posted to the new force shall be direct recruits.
A police spokesman said that J&K DGP Dilbagh Singh has thanked LG Murmu for the creation of ANTF on the police proposal, stating that the Force will help in fighting the drug menace in the UT.
“This will be yet another special wing within the police department to deal with the crimes related to drugs and their trafficking,” the spokesman said in a statement.
