The Governor on Tuesday inaugurated the 11th Police Duty Meet organised at the JAP-I ground in Ranchi to be held from September 24 to 27. Talking to the media persons Governor Syed Ahmed directed the police department to take steps towards improving their information network. He also directed them to establish more and more communication between police and the public so that a sense of cooperation is developed between the two.
The Governor also asked the department to conduct proper patrolling by the concerned police stations in their areas which is to be monitored by the SPs on regular basis. He directed the police officials to take proper steps in the direction of checking the incidents of trafficking in the State. While DGP Rajiv Kumar claimed that the crime graph of Jharkhand has gone down in the last one year. “This year the crime graph of the state has definitely gone down if we compare it with previous records,” said the DGP.
Over the rise in rape cases in the state he said that the number of cases has not increased rather reporting of such cases have gone up due due to awareness among people. Referring the incident of children being forcefully taken away to train them for planting bombs, Kumar said, “The incident has brought forward the real face of Naxalism… how they are playing with the future of the children.” Appreciating the positive role played by the media in the whole episode, the DGP said the Maoists had to free the children due to the pressure mounted on them. A total of 14 Police Inspectors, 28 Sub-Inspectors, 12 Assistant Sub Inspectors and 46 policemen are taking part in this police meet. These police officials have been awarded first, second and third positions in the police meet organized in the different parts of the State organised earlier.