The Deputy Chief Minister S. Sukhjinder Singh Randhawa hastaken strong notice of the trend of unauthorized deployment of gunmen on dutyfrom the police battalions/police stations and directed all the ZonalI.G.s/D.I.G.s to conduct personal audit in this regard and submit report byNovember 25.
Similarly, taking strong note of the police officers andthe personnel going out of their jurisdiction sans approval, S. Randhawa hasordered that no police officer and the employee would leave their area ofjurisdiction without permission from the supervising officer. The violation ofthis order would attract strict disciplinary action, said the Deputy Chief Minister.
In a press communiqué issued here today, S. Randhawa saidthat it has come to his notice that gunmen are deployed in an unauthorizedmanner from the police battalions/police stations. Describing it as a seriousmatter, the Deputy Chief Minister said that similarly, the policeofficers/personnel leave their jurisdictional zones which would not betolerated as the police is disciplined force leaving such indiscipline simplyintolerable.
The Additional Chief Secretary (Home) Anurag Verma hasissued written directions with regard to the serious note taken by the DeputyChief Minister on both the matters. The ACS has written a communication to allthe I.G.s/D.I.G.s regarding unauthorized deploying of gunmen from the policestations/battalions and directed them to conduct manpower audit of minimum 2police stations from amongst the area under their jurisdiction and submitreport by November 25 after perusing H.R.M.S. record.
Likewise, the ACS has also written to the DGP, all thePolice Commissioners and the SSPs in the matter of not allowing the policeofficers/personnel to leave without permission their areas of jurisdiction.