Director General of Police (DGP) DK Pandey on Sunday deliberated on the ways to prepare inventory and destroy seized weapons in the State following a Jharkhand High Court directive in this regard.
Besides, the status of absconders and extremism in State were also taken up in the meeting. It may be noted here that HC had in September also asked the state police to submit list of warrantees and absconders in the State.
Informing media persons about the meeting Inspector General (Operations) and Jharkhand police spokesman Ashish Batra stated that ways to ensure early compliance of HC’s order on weapon destruction was one of main agenda of the meeting.
He said the DGP informed the police officers of the districts about the court order in this regard.
It may be stated here that on last Thursday the HC ordered the State government to prepare a blueprint for formation of firearms bureau in the State and inform the court about it by November 5.
It may be mentioned here the firearms bureau is expected to prepare the inventory of weapons seized by police in various operations and also ensure their destruction after the final disposal of the related criminal case.
Batra further said that preparation of list of warrantees and absconders, which is going on for the past three months, was also assessed.
He added strategy was prepared to speed up the enumeration works in certain districts.
He added strategies related to anti-extremist operations, announcement of further reward on fugitive extremists and promoting surrender of quality extremists were also discussed in the meeting.
Apart from DGP DK Pandey, several other senior officials from various department including criminal investigation department special branch and the anti-terrorism department interacted on the issues.