The Commissionerate police in Cuttack city would have two more police stations soon in its jurisdiction. This was announced here by Cuttack-Bhubaneswar Police Commissioner RP Sharma on Wednesday.
Sharma told newsmen here that in view of the rapid increase in population and increase in number of cases filed particularly in the Chauliaganj and Cuttack Sadar police stations, plans are afoot to bifurcate these two police stations soon. The city now has 24 police stations, including a Mahila PS and two Bidyut Thanas.
“The CRRI police station is already on cards. But due to unavailability of land, the proposed police station is yet to come. Similarly, there are plans to bifurcate the Cuttack Sadar police station to carve out a fresh one at a suitable location,” the Police Commissioner said.
The Sadar police station has a jurisdiction of over 71 square kilometres having a population of over two lakhs now. The police station registered 255 cases in the year 2012 and all of a sudden the number of cases registered here in the following year increased to 412. By July end this year, the Sadar police station has already registered 251 cases.
Shockingly, the PS is now being manned by an inspector, four SIs and four ASIs.