SATISH HANDA
Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij in a recent meeting with senior police officers to review increasing crimes in the state expressed deep concern over increasing criminal activities reported in few district in Haryana said that he will consider drop in the crimes the day when complaints against police department by the people visiting him at his Ambala residence or office in Chandigarh for relief stop. Vij expressed unhappiness over fast increasing cases of theft and robberies in few districts naming Karnal, Panipat, Sonepat ob GT Road belt and Kaithal, Jind, Rewari in the state. DGP Haryana Manoj Yadav, Home Secretary, senior officers of police department and SPs of above stated districts were also present in the meeting to whom he raised a question over increasing crimes in their district and how to control the same and improve law and order in the area suggesting that every SP should visit police stations in the district once in a week to review pending cases.
Vij said, large number of people from all over the state visiting him for relief make complaints police inaction in cases registered with the police and at times files and complaints forwarded by him to the police in the districts for immediate action are ignored and there is no alternative except to take action against such police officers in case there is no improvement in their working. Vij suggested that SP of the district should monitor serious cases in the district himself and try to wipe out crimes in the area to maintain law and order. He said, in case of shortage of staff in police stations the vacant positions should be filled up on priority.
While addressing, Vij expressed deep concern over the recent incident at Karnal in which out of control protestors did not allowed landing of Chief Minister’s helicopter and public meeting was to be postponed, which indicates not only carelessness on the part of police to control protestors but also lack of police security arrangements on the visit o Chief Minister. DGP Haryana Manoj Yadav said, state police is seriously focussing on wiping out crimes against women in Haryana state and improve infrastructure in Women Police Stations in the state with construction of toilets for females in these police stations, transport facilities to the staff to arrest crimes promptly, deployment of staff to control crimes are under fast process. Yadav said, campaigns are being initiated for the arrest of bale jumpers and those possessing illegal weapons..
