The Commissionerate Police on Tuesday discussed security issues in detail with 61 petrol pump owners of the twin city here to check growing incidents in which petrol pump staffs have been looted of money on their way to banks.
During the discussion, Twin City Commissioner of Police (CP) RP Sharma said petrol pump owners should use the services of professional cash transfer agencies while sending cash from the petrol pumps to the banks. He advised pump owners to install high quality CCTV cameras, recruit armed security guards with formal training from registered agencies, properly scrutinise the antecedents of employees before appointing them and provide their details to the respective police stations.
The Commissioner said there would be a coordination meeting soon among bankers, police officials and cash management service providers to discuss the safe transfer of money on daily basis from pumps to banks.
After attending the meeting, All Odisha Petrol Pump Association secretary Sanjay lath said they would follow the CP’s directions positively to minimise the loot bid by criminals in the twin city.
Among others, Additional CP Dr Santosh Bala, DCP Bhubaneswar Nitinjeet Singh, DCP Cuttack Sanjeev Arora and other senior police officials were present.