J-K Police To Fill 8,500 Vacancies Soon

Jammu and Kashmir Police on Thursday said it will soon fill 8,500 vacancies in various posts including those of sub-inspectors and women constables. The recruitment board has been constituted to fill the vacancies, the police said on their official Twitter account.

J-K Director General of Police Dilbag Singh has ordered large-scale recruitment. About 8500 posts of different ranks — SIs, women constables, constables, and special police officers — will be filled shortly, they said.

The DGP has instructed the superintendents of police concerned to fill these posts within the “shortest possible time. On Tuesday, the police had decided to raise two women battalions having a total of 1,350 constables. “The recruitment will be made for a total number of 1,350 vacancies in 2 women battalions distributed as per guidelines of the Ministry of Home Affairs, 60 percent equally for border districts of Jammu and Kashmir and 40 percent equally for other districts,” the police had said.

On Wednesday, Governor Satya Pal Malik and Union Minister of State for Power RK Singh had jointly inaugurated and laid the foundation stone for several power projects in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.