In a bid to to contain the activities of gangsters, drug smugglers, absconders and organised criminals in the Northern States, the inter-State coordination meeting of eight States has decided in principal for effective coordination, mutual sharing of information and creation of common database about such offenders.
Held at Punjab Police Headquarters, Chandigarh under chairmanship of Rohit Choudhary Additional Director General of Police, law and Order, Punjab, the meeting was attended by senior officers from eight States. Besides Punjab, Police officers from Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, New Delhi and UT of Chandigarh,
Choudhary said that the meeting was fruitful in which participating officers discussed and deliberated on the various crimes and concerted efforts to nab the criminals.
It was concluded to form a joint group by the respective States and hold inter-state coordination meeting quarterly.
Addressing the participants, Punjab DGP Suresh Arora said the objective of the meeting was to ensure peace, law and order with the mutual coordination of police forces of different states and agencies.
Arora added that sharing information and exchange of dossiers would also help in solving various cases and find effective measures to prevent the crimes besides containing the activities of interstate gangs, absconding lawbreakers, wanted criminals.