The State Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Anil Kumar Raturi is camping now in Kumaon region to get to the bottom of the policemen’s black armband stir. Sources said that the unprecedented stir by the aggrieved constables was first conceived in Kumaon region from where it spread in Garhwal region through social networking.
However, the police department has taken a serious note of the issue and they are supposed to be contemplating steps not just to quell it for the present but to stop its recurrence in future.
State director general of police (DGP) BS Sidhu said that the unit commanders and the district police heads are supposed to enforce discipline in the force under their jurisdictions.
The police heads are now engaged in probing as to how the policemen have gone to the unexpected length of airing their grievances in public. The police officers have been directed to submit a report about the number of policemen who had participated in the protest in their respective districts.
Sidhu said that ADGP Raturi is looking into the issue and action will be taken against the policemen involved on the basis of the report to be submitted by him.
Sources said that senior police officer has directed the district police heads to collect written undertakings from all the policemen, stating therein that they are not part of such agitation. The district police are now collecting such written assurances from the policemen, it is learnt.