Proper approach to interrogation need of the hour: DG, SSB

LUCKNOW: Archana Ramasundaram, IPS, director general, SSB emphasised on the need to develop professional knowledge and soft skills in officers, besides learning the art of interrogation. She exhorted the officers to hone their knowledge of proper procedure and paperwork involved in dealing with border crime.

She said these things while speaking at a workshop on “Interrogation – Methodology and Skills” organised by Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), Frontier Lucknow to train 30 inspectors/ sub-inspectors of the force on Monday.

The workshop was meant to enhance the interrogation skills of SSB officers deployed along the border.

DG, SSB in her inaugural address stressed that a proper approach to interrogation was the need of the hour to elicit maximum information from the accused /victims of border crime.

Dr GK Goswami, IPS, DIG and his team from CBI Lucknow delivered the talk/lectures on various methodology and skills of interrogation, specifically keeping in view the needs of SSB. Later, Amit Pathak, IPS, SSP, and his team from STF Lucknow also delivered lectures on various approaches to enhance the interrogation and shared their experiences.

Thereafter, DG, SSB Archana Ramasundaram inspected the construction work of 415 Separated Family Accommodation, being constructed for officers and Jawans of the force at Shaheed Path, Gomtinagar, Lucknow.

DG, SSB also called on the chief minister Adityanath Yogi at the CM Office. Besides briefing the CM on important issues, she requested for providing land for various establishments of the force for which the proposals were already under consideration. DG SSB said the chief minister had responded positively.