IG Punjab chaired a video link conference on law & order and crime eradication in the province.
Strict action should be taken against those who block highways under guise of protest and cause problems for citizens. IG Punjab
Inspector General of Police Punjab Rao Sardar Ali Khan has said that no effort should be spared in protecting lives and property of people. He stressed upon effective use of all available resources to maintain law and order and root out crime across province. Strict action has been directed against those who block highways under the guise of protest and cause problems for citizens. He further said that maintaining writ of state is one of basic duties of police and strict actions should be taken against miscreants and their facilitators to thwart any attempt to disturb the peace. IGP said that, in areas where crime rate is high, number of patrolling personnel should be enhanced besides effective monitoring of patrolling plan. Mr Rao, further emphasized upon effective supervision of ongoing campaign against hardened criminals especially A-category criminals and fugitives . He also directed to pay attention on strengthening of police intelligence network in this regard.
He further said that action should be taken to eradicate organized crime especially drugs, gambling and prostitution dens and culprits involved in such crimes should be punished severely by courts with the help of strong challans. He further said that field commanders should improve public service delivery and timely resolution of public issues while district police, CTD and special branch should make mutual coordination and information sharing more effective.
He issued these instructions to all RPOs of province through video link during a video link conference held at the Central Police Office today. During the meeting, law & order situation and crime eradication were discussed in detail across province.
Briefing IG Punjab, Additional IG Operations and RPOs said that police teams are working day and night to protect lives and property of people across the province. He further said that the real formula for crime control is to bring the culprits to justice by improving the workout rate of cases with best investigation, therefore, a special attention should be paid on digital monitoring of investigation phases of every case registered in police stations and effective use of modern technology and modern practice should also be focused for securing evidence at the crime scene. The meeting was attended by CCPO Lahore Ghulam Mahmood Dogar, Additional IG Operations Sahibzada Shehzad Sultan, Additional IG Special Branch Zaeem Iqbal Sheikh, Additional IG CTD Wasim Ahmed Khan, DIG Operations Punjab Sajid Kayani, DIG Operations Lahore Capt (retd) Sohail Chaudhry and AIG Operations Syed Zeeshan Raza along with other officers .
(Handout No. 210)
Nayab Haider
Director Public Relations
Punjab Police
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