Chief Secretary, Alok Ranjan reviewed the law and order and crime through video conferencing and directed the concerned officials to keep a close vigil on the occasion of New Year.
While sounding an alert, the CS said the police should launch drives in the months to come and should ensure strict action against those involved in anti social and criminal activities. He said those spreading unrest should be dealt with iron hand. “The cases which are lying pending should be disposed at earliest and offenders should be brought to book,’ he said.
In view of Bengaluru blast, he said maximum police presence should be ensured at crowded places. “The senior police officers should monitor the working of the police stations under their jurisdictions and they should ensure strict action against criminals,’ he instructed. The CS instructed the commissioners, zonal IGs, DIGs of range and district chiefs of police not to take the petty disputes and land related disputes as lightly. He lauded the officials for ensuring peaceful passing of important festivals and events and said that officials should work in order to further improve the image of police
in public eyes.
“The police should launch drives in a planned way to combat organised crime and to deal with the wanted criminals. The system of collecting information at village level should be made more effective and quick. The police and other officials should review riot management scheme being run in districts and should conduct mock drills from time to time to check the effectiveness of the cops. They also should keep the gadgets in working order so that it can be used in need,” he said. Alok Ranjan said there was need to regularize the peace committees and to make to more useful.
“The police should keep a close tab on rumour mongers and should ensure good communication with the public,” he said. It may be noted that Uttar Pradesh police sounded a high alert across the state after a woman was killed in a low intensity blast in Bengaluru last evening. Additional Director General of Police (ADG) law and order Mukul Goel said here today that district authorities across 75 districts of the state have been alerted during the New Year’s functions and in the view of yesterday’s blast.
The district authorities have been asked to step up their patrolling and monitor the security at the Malls, railway and bus stations and other public places. The direction also asked the local intelligence units to be more active besides the Anti-terrorist Squad (ATS) and the Special Task Force (STF) of the state police have also been alerted.