Special Director General of Police (DGP) Sanjeev Marik strongly feels that police personnel need to be more people-friendly to achieve their agenda of good governance.
Marik patted the jawans of the India Reserve Battalion (IRBN) for their daredevil approach while addressing the passing-out parade of the first batch of IRBN personnel here on Tuesday. OSAP ADG Arun Kumar Ray, DIG OSAP Dayal Gangwar, Commandant of OSAP Fifth battalion Satish B Gajbhiye and Mayurbhanj SP Nikhil Kanodia were present.
“There is a sense of fear prevailing among common people when they visit a police station. It is the foremost duty of IRBN jawans to restore confidence among common mass while dealing with any law and order situation,” observed Marik.
Attending the passing-out parade of the first batch of the 1st IRBN constables of Upper Kolab, Koraput, in the OSAP 5th Battalion premises, Marik expressed satisfaction over their rigorous training to combat the Maoist extremism, which has affected several districts in the State. The trained IRBN constables can match the might of the leftwing extremist (lWEs), he added.
Marik took the salute in the passing-out parade held at laxmiposi, in which 377 recruits of the 1st IRBN of the State participated. He felicitated 17 constables with medals and certificates. A demonstration of lethal weapons like SlR, INSS, AK-47 and lMG guns was organised by the trained constables on the occasion. The 377 constables of the IRBN Battalion had undergone rigorous physical training, drill, field craft and handling weapons for nine months at laxmiposi.