Important meeting chaired by IG Punjab on progress on heinous cases including drugs.
Formation of four-member committee to identify the best investigating officers in other heinous cases, including murder and kidnapping for ransom.
The ANF's resources and network should also be fully utilized to end the drug supply chain and detain the big fish.
In view of greater transparency in the Maal Khana of police stations, the process of timely discharge and taking charge should be ensured. IG Punjab
Inspector General of Police Punjab Inam Ghani has said that bringing the culprits to book by establishing modern scientific basis for investigation is the top priority of Punjab Police and steps will be taken at all levels to encourage the investigating officers for getting the accused punished through best investigation of heinous cases. He formed a four-member committee to identify the best investigating officers in serious cases and said that strong challans of serious cases should be submitted in the courts and a list of investigating officers should be prepared who got the accused sentence to death or life imprisonment so that such investigation officers should be given cash reward and ceremonial certificates in the ceremony held at Central Police office. He directed that the supervisory officers should play their role effectively to complete the investigation of heinous crimes as soon as possible and all matters should be settled till the challan is submitted. He further said that operations should be continued on priority basis to eradicate the drug menace and close coordination should be maintained with the ANF in cases involving drug smuggling of more than 5 kg so that supply chain could be eliminated in such cases and resources and network of ANF should also be utilized to control the big fish. He further said that intelligence based operations should be continued on priority basis in the vicinity of educational institutions to keep the youth safe from drugs. He further said that in view of greater transparency in the Maal Khana of police stations, the process of timely discharge and retrieval should be ensured while Additional IG Investigation and Additional IG IAB should send a detailed report in this regard within a week. He Issued instructions to the officers during a meeting held at the Central Police Office here today. During the meeting, Additional IG Investigation gave a detailed briefing on the convictions rate in heinous cases.
Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmed Dev while briefing IG Punjab said that all available resources are being utilized for further improvement in the investigation wing and provision of all possible facilities to the investigating officers while simultaneously the digital monitoring of investigation of every registered case is ongoing without any interruption. Instructing the officers, the IG Punjab said that all possible efforts should be continued to reduce the crime rate by bringing the culprits to book with the best investigation while computerizing the data of all the notorious accused in the province should be completed on priority basis. Additional IG Investigation Fayyaz Ahmed Dev, DIG Legal Jawad Ahmed Dogar, DIG R&D Shahid Javed, DIG Operations Sohail Sukhera, DIG, IT Waqas Nazir and DIG Crime and Investigation Ahmed Nawaz Cheema and other officers were also present on this occasion.
(Handout No. 68)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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