Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Haridwar Sweety Agarwal gave a dressing down while presiding over a crime review meeting in police lines at Roshnabad on Monday to all the station officers for not taking effective steps to clamp down on crimes that happened across the district last month.
She said the performance of all the station officers was poor in terms of stopping crimes“The number of people booked under the different sections of excise, wrangler (Gunda) and gangster acts was poor across the district,” she said. Notably, there was sudden spurt in the number of crime cases last month. locals are feeling insecure. Police record was mixed.
In some cases, they failed to stop or solve crimes while in others they cracked them within 24 hours. Such a mixed feat also has eyebrows raised. It is said police were successful in the cases where suvidha shulk was paid.
During the crime meeting, traffic inspector (TI) urged the SSP to provide them with another channel on wireless to ease traffic congestions as the tourist season in on. SSP Agarwal ordered the inspector Wireless to take the necessary steps.