Amritsar , December 17 Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar who was constantly denying attack at police station Islamabad since morning the same was countered by his boss DGP Gourav Yadav during his visit in the city when he arrived here to take stock of the situation.
Yadav in his statement to media said that in the wake of the attack at the Police Station Islamabad in Amritsar, he has directed officers concerned to ensure professional policing and take strict action against the perpetrators. The visit came a few hours after the incident reported at Islamabad Police Station at around 3am on Tuesday.
According to official statement released by DGP office said that DGP has asked the officers to identify common trends and patterns in such heinous crimes and conduct investigations in a scientific manner, utilising all the technical and forensic tools for detection of crimes to ensure convictions of accused persons.
Police Commissioner Gurpreet Singh Bhullar in the morning had strongly denied any kind of blast/attack and said that all the senior police officers visited the spot and everything was normal as there was no damage found on the spot.
Adding further, Bhullar said that earlier at 3.15 a.m thre was a defining sound that was heard outside the police station, police official present in the police station immediately rushed outside and found nothing.
He said that certain members of the public were claiming that there was a blast but in reality there was no truth in it. The loud sound was heard since the police station was located in narrow thick lanes but no damage was there.
Local resident Pawan Kumar (55) living at close proximity to the Police station said, “ There was a powerful defining sound heard around 3.15 a.m which created panic all around, resident rushed outside to see what happened but shortly returned inside their houses due to the panic atmosphere. He said that the Police station was the target but I don’t know exactly rather it was a blast or something else but light photo frames hanging on walls fell on ground.
DGP in his statement to media stated, “All the previous cases of attacks on the Police establishments including IED implant at Ajnala Police Station and hand grenade attack at Police Post Asron in Nawanshahr have been solved successfully and accused persons have been arrested,” he said.
In a separate meeting, the DGP addressed all the Superintendent of Police (SPs), Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSPs) and Station House Officers (SHOs) from border districts including Commissionerate Police Amritsar, Amritsar Rural, Batala and Tarn Taran to brief them about the top priorities of the Punjab Police.
He directed the officers to intensify the fight against counter-terrorism, organized crime, drug trafficking, and street crime. He also asked them to tackle such crimes professionally and ensure prompt registration of FIRs in such cases.
