In a review meeting on Sunday Jharkhand Director General of Police (DGP), Ajay Kumar Singh directed the police officials of Dhanbad district and Bokar district to curb organized criminals and illegal mining.
During the review meeting Dhanbad Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Sanjeev Kumar and Dhanbad Superintendent of Police (SP), Ajit Kumar and Bokaro Superintendent of Police (SP), Priyadarhi Alok were present. Singh also said that the operations should be conducted against organized criminal gangs, crime control, law and order maintenance, illegal mining, coal smuggling and Naxalites in the Bokaro range. Apart from this, he discussed the cases registered under murder, dacoity, robbery, theft, housebreaking, snatching, Arms Act, kidnapping for ransom, rape, POCSO Act and their execution.
During the review meeting, the DGP said that Jharkhand Government has directed to take all possible action against those gangsters who are extorting money while operating their gangs from outside the State or from foreign countries. Instructions were given to cancel the bail of the criminals released from jail, to punish the criminals by conducting speedy trials and to announce rewards as per rules against the absconding criminals, he added.
During the meeting Singh also received updated information about the action taken to control crime. He directed to trace the criminals associated with drugs and narcotics network and illegal liquor business and reach out to the last criminals involved and take the strictest action against them. Besides, instructions were also given to completely stop illegal mining of coal, iron, sand and stone and to take necessary action against it.
The DGP directed to make adequate lighting arrangements around bus stands, tempo stands and other public places, so that there is no gathering of criminals and anti-social elements and even small crimes can be controlled. He emphasized the need for strict monitoring of social media to prevent misuse by anti-social elements.