No cop would be granted leave
Security in the State has been tightened with the deployment of additional forces at market areas and other important places in view of the upcoming Diwali festival.
Besides, it has been made clear that except for emergency cases, no policeman would be granted leave during the festive period as per an order issued to the district police heads. The fire department has been alerted to stop any fire incident. State Director General of Police BS Sidhu said that the district police heads have been directed to intensify patrolling during night.
This apart, additional forces from intelligence personnel, Provincial Armed Constabulary personnel, civil police, dog squads and bomb disposal squads would be deployed in the market areas and other important places, as most of the people come out for Deepawali shopping.
Statistics revealed that during this time, number of crimes like theft, burglary and chain snatching is prone to go up. In view of this, an order has been issued to the police officers for strengthening security. Except in emergency cases, no policeman would be granted leave as per an order issued to the district police heads, he added.
Additional Director General of Police (law and order) Ram Singh Meena said that three companies of PAC along with district police would be posted at busy roads, religious sites and other important places in several districts- Dehradun, Haridwar, Udham Singh Nagar and Nainital. The police officers in the mountainous districts have also been directed to adequately deploy police forces at important places to avoid untoward incident.
Dehradun Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Ajay Rautela said that security has been beefed up in view of the festive season. All the police station in- charges have been directed to intensify patrolling under their jurisdictional areas for peaceful completion of this festival. This apart, additional police forces are being deployed at important places like market areas and the religious sites in the district.
The verification drives have been launched and challans are being imposed on the landlords by the police who have failed to complete police verification of their tenants. Haridwar SSP Sweety Aggarwal said that police officers have been directed to take measures to ensure peaceful completion of Deepawali festival in their jurisdictional areas.
It is learnt that during the festival, cases like chain snatching and thefts increase in the markets and along the busy roads. The police officers have been directed to deploy additional plain clothes police forces at jewelry shops, crowed places and busy market areas so that the culprits can be apprehended promptly.
The shopkeepers who are not having licenses for selling firecrackers should not be allowed to do trades in the demarcated areas of the district. Proper safety arrangements would be made at the demarcated areas where firecracker shops are allowed to be installed. The installation of shop for selling firecrackers will be allowed in the demarcated areas only by the administration.
The police officers have been directed to remove encroachments outside the shops spilling onto the roads which restrict flow of vehicles, including the fire brigade vehicles. The shopkeepers should be issued notice by the police before the encroachments outside the shops are removed. The height of the decoration in the city area should be over 14 feet so that the moving vehicles do not face any hindrance on the roads. Additional forces should be deployed at temples and other religious sites and mixed population areas to prevent untoward incidents in the district.
During the festival, complaints of gambling are reported and police officers have been directed to take necessary steps to stop such illegal activities under their jurisdictional areas. The police officers have also been instructed to conduct inspection in the shops selling firecrackers and explosives and action should be taken against those who are found flouting the rules. She has directed the police station in-charges to intensify patrolling at Railway stations, platforms, railway tracks, bus stands, dharamshalas, dhabas and other places and stringent actions should be taken against the law violators.