In a bid to keep a check on crime and criminal activities especially in border areas of Haryana, Punjab, and Rajasthan, senior Police functionaries from the three States have decided to set up joint barricades at the border areas so as to coordinate their efforts in nabbing criminals.
A decision to this effect was taken in an interstate coordination meeting of senior police officers from these three States held at Sirsa on Wednesday. The meeting was chaired by Haryana Inspector General of Police Hisar Range (Haryana) Anil Rao and attended by Inspector General of Police Bikaner Range (Rajasthan) Girdhari lal Sharma and Deputy Inspector General of Police Bathinda (Punjab) Manish Chawla and other senior police officers from these States.
A special joint strategy has been chalked out to strictly deal with people involved in criminal activities. It was also decided to share and exchange the list of wanted criminals with each other and to nab them with coordinated efforts.
At the meeting, Haryana IG Anil Rao said that illegal arms were often used in crime thus police should keep a close vigil by setting up common barricades in border areas. These steps would also prove beneficial in coming panchayat elections. The issue related to prevention of smuggling of narcotics and illegal liquor were also deliberated in details in the interstate meeting.
It was also decided that high quality CCTV cameras would be installed on petrol pumps located near border areas as well as at border nakas so as to prevent any type of illegal activities. The Police officers from Punjab and Hisar had assured Rao all sort of cooperation.
Superintendents of Police of districts concerned and Station House Officers adjoining border areas of Sirsa were also present in the interstate meeting.