Pauri Superintendent of Police, Ajay Joshi, instructed the police to crack pending crime cases at the earliest and to ensure that all the absconding accused are arrested. Out of 68 absconding accused, just one has been arrested so far in Kotdwar circle. He said this while monitoring crimes at a meeting held at Police line at the district headquarters Pauri on Wednesday.
Prior to the crime meeting, Joshi heard the problems of the police personnel and directed for their speedy redressal. Joshi said that there are many crimes cases are pending in different circles for months. In Pauri police circle, there are ten such cases pending with regular police and 13 pending with revenue police, while in Srinagar police circle, the figures are 32 and 19 respectively.
In Kotdwar police circle, 30 such cases are pending with regular police while those pending with revenue police are six. Joshi directed the circle officer and in-charge of the police stations of Pauri, Kotdwar and Srinagar police circles to clear the backlog fast. He said that at Duggada, Bubakhal, Pauri Chungi, Sabdarkhal, Garur Chatty, Ramnagar Tiraha and Dhumakot, the vehicles should be checked regularly.
He also instructed them to deal with the pilgrims bound for Char Dhams politely. To ensure that no road accident occurs during the Char Dham yatra, police should be alive to the menace of drunk driving and over-speeding as well as the vehicle taking passengers beyond capacities, said SP. CO Kotdwar Aruna Bharti, CO Srinagar Reenu lohani, CO Pauri DS Tomar, assistant prosecution officer Sharda Rawat, in- charges of all thanas and Kotwalis, in-charges of SP Office and others were present at the meeting.