Chief Minister Adityanath Yogi made a surprise inspection of the Hazratganj police station in lucknow sending police officers in a tizzy on Thursday morning.
Soon after, the Chief Minister said that there will be rule of law in UP and no one will be spared if found on the wrong side of law and asked police personnel to work with dedication.
The Chief Minister walked into the Hazratganj police station around 1130 am on Thursday and flipped through crime registers and sought information on police welfare schemes, infrastructure and vehicles available.
Yogi also inspected the office of Circle Officer, room for the complainants, Cyber Cell (housed in a small room adjacent to Circle Officer’s cabin), ASP East office, ASP Crime Office, police station lock up. The CM glanced through files at the Cyber Cell, Crime Branch, Maalkhana. Yogi also visited the office of the ASP Crime and did not mind climbing stairs to reach the chamber on the first floor of the police station.
The Chief Minister appeared unhappy with the current state of affairs and emphasised on keeping the police station campus clean.
While Yogi went through the exercise, top cops including got a wind of the CM’s sudden visit and rushed to the police station in a hurry. During his 15 minute stay, Yogi put up pointed questions to DGP Javeed Ahmad, IG lucknow Zone A Satish Ganesh and SSP lucknow Manzil Saini.
The CM sought to know about the Dial 100 staff and the number of dial 100 vehicles available for lucknow. As the DGP fumbled on the questionand said it was 64, he was timely corrected by SSP Manzil Saini who put the exact number at 70 vehicles.
Yogi also asked about who the supervisory officer of the unit — the SSP lucknow or someone else and wanted to know who should be held responsible/ accountable for the failure of the staff. The CM also asked the DGP and SSP lucknow about functioning of Cyber Cell and profile of officials looking after the work in the cell.
later speaking to newsmen outside the police station, Yogi said that the objective was to boost the morale of policemen.
After the CM left the police station, the officials heaved a sigh of relief. SHO Hazratganj DK Updahyay could be seen with his uniform soaked in sweat and ASP (East) Shivram Yadav seemed quite wary of the CM’s visit. Around 2 pm, a news did the round that the CM may visit the Gomti Nagar police station and top cops including DIG lucknow Range, SSP and their staff reached there to welcome the CM.