Appointed a day before, Punjab’s new Director General of Police Suresh Arora was out in field on Monday and asked the field police officers to apprise him about the prevailing security situation, underlining causes and the solution thereto.
Arora, who was on his visit to Amritsar and Bathinda, also listened to various problems being faced by the police force. DGP also directed the police officers to work honestly, professionally and with dedication with a view to minimise the gap between the police and public.
He has also asked the officers to restore confidence of the citizens in the police so that they could help them in bringing normalcy and promoting communal harmony in the society.
Arora visited Amritsar and paid obeisance at Darbar Sahib and Durgiana Mandir. After that, he held a meeting of senior police officers of Border zone, including IGP Border, DIG Border, Commissioner of Police, Amritsar, SSPs of Pathankot, Gurdaspur, Batala, Amritsar (Rural) and Tarn Taran to take stock of the law and order situation.
He too visited Bathinda where he met Bathinda Zone police officers, including IGP Zone, DIGs Bathinda Range and Ferozepur Range and SSPs of Ferozepur, Fazilka, Moga, Faridkot, Bathinda, Mansa and Sri Muktsar Sahib. During these meetings in Amritsar and Bathinda, he was accompanied by ADGP (law and Order) Rohit Chaudhary and IGP (Intelligence) RK Jaiswal.