With an aim to strengthen the State Special Investigation Team (SSIT) of Uttar Pradesh Police, a blueprint for the required manpower has been prepared and already been submitted to the government in this regard.
Director General Renuka Mishra said that the blueprint talks about making SSIT self-sufficient so that it can expedite departmental investigation.
In the last six years, there has been a significant reduction in the incidents of crime in the state. At the same time, the Yogi government has left no stone unturned in providing all possible resources and manpower to the UP Police to reduce crime. For this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has been giving instructions from time to time in review meetings of the various wings of the Home department and UP Police.
Mishra said that the chief minister had recently held a review meeting in which she requested him to increase manpower in the wing in order to expedite investigations and resolve 100 per cent of cases in a time-bound manner.
On this, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the officer to get a blueprint prepared for the required manpower in SSIT and submit it to the government. Subsequently, the report was prepared and submitted to the government seeking creation of 192 new posts. The filling of the posts will start after getting approval from the government, she added.
The DG said that at present, 82 posts are sanctioned in the department, of which 41 are vacant, emphasising the need for creation of additional 192 new posts.
Mishra said that at present, additional posts for one SP, ine ASP, two DSPs, one senior prosecution officer, one assistant prosecution officer, one prosecution officer, 20 inspectors, 21 sub-inspectors, seven sub-inspectors (confidential), one sub-inspector (clerk), one sub-inspector (accounts), seven assistant sub-inspector (clerk), four assistant sub-inspectors (accounts), four computer operators, 40 head constables, 49 constables, 21 constables (driver) and 10 Class IV staff members are needed.
Along with this, the posts for four DSPs, one assistant prosecution officer, one prosecution officer, one sub-inspector, six sub-inspectors (confidential), one sub-inspector (clerk), one sub-inspector (accounts), 25 constables and one class IV employee are vacant and need to be filled.