Taking serious note on the issue of threats to some MLAs in Haryana, Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Wednesday convened a meeting of senior police officers in Chandigarh. Home Minister Anil Vij, DGP PK Agrawal, ADGP (Law and Order) Sandeep khirwar and ADGP (CID) Alok Mittal were present in the meeting.
After taking detailed information about the matter, the Chief Minister directed senior police officers to take immediate action and put criminals behind the bars, adding that no laxity would be tolerated at any cost.
Khattar said that it is the duty of the Police to ensure the safety of all the citizens of the state and there was no place for goons and criminals in Haryana.
In the meeting, the police officers apprised the Chief Minister that an investigation is going on in this matter, important information has been received and it will be resolved at the earliest.
Recently, in a letter written to the Chief Minister, Vidhan Sabha Speaker Gian Chand Gupta stated, “I would like to draw your kind attention towards a very serious issue covered by the daily newspapers regarding life threats to the MLAs of Haryana from within and outside India. The Members are feeling insecure and their family members are living in fear. It is, therefore, necessary to take immediate steps about the security and safety of our MLAs”.
While, conceding to the suggestion by the Speaker, police have decided to give specialised training to SPOs attached with the VVIPs.
The matter of threats being faced by the MLAs has already been handed over to the Special Task Force. Meanwhile, the Congress Legislative Party (CLP) headed by Bhupinder Hooda, met Governor Bandaru Dattatreya and sought his intervention while raising the issue of deteriorating law and order situation, corruption and unemployment in the state.