Uttar Pradesh’s Director General of Police OP Singh and his counterpart in Madhya Pradesh along with senior officers of the state monitoring the UP-MP borders met in Jhansi to discuss security measures to ensure peaceful election in the neighbouring state.
The officers chalked out an 8-point agenda for the occasion. The assembly polls in Madhya Pradesh will take place on November 28.
OP Singh along with ADG (Law and Order) Anand Kumar, IG zones of Prayagraj and Kanpur, DIG ranges and other senior officers from UP held discussions on security arrangements to be made in view of the upcoming assembly polls in MP.
Besides DGP of Madhya Pradesh, the neighbouring state was represented by IG zone of Rewa, IG of Gwalior zone, IG of Police Headquarters in MP and other district police chiefs.
Both the DGPs jointly chaired the inter-state co-ordination meeting and chalked out the action plan.
The main agenda discussed on the occasion was to ensure proper functioning of close circuit television (CCTV) cameras installed at all border check-posts between UP-MP, action against dacoits and anti-social elements active between the two states who could influence the election.
They also agreed on checking smuggling of narcotics, liquor, arms and ammunitions between the two states, and any programme or function on UP border which could affect polls in MP.
It was also decided to get all arms of the people living in UP on MP border surrendered, and to execute warrants against the wanted criminals staying in UP on the MP border.
It was also decided to ensure proper interaction between the officials of the two states and pass on or share intelligence inputs for appropriate action.
Districts police chiefs of 11 districts of UP — Agra, Etawah, Jalaun, Jhansi, Lalitpur, Mahoba, Banda, Chitrakoot, Prayagraj, Mirzapur, Sonebhadra — participated in the meeting. These districts share border with Madhya Pradesh.