The coordination meeting of Director Generals of Police(DGsP) of Punjab, Haryana and Chandigarh was held at Panchkula on Thursday, toprepare devise strategy and Action Plans against gangsters & criminals whohave been operating in these states.
During the meeting, detailed discussions were held toformulate a strategy against the activities of the gangsters in the region andto prevent crimes like murder, attempt to murder, extortion, etc committedthrough them.
There have been instances where hardcore criminals havebeen found conspiring and planning commission of sensational crimes from Jail.Recently, Sampat Nehra was found to be involved in the killing of 3 persons inRajasthan while he was lodged in Hoshiarpur Jail. Similarly, Rajiv Rajaprocured country-made weapons from Madhya Pradesh when he was in Nabha Jail.Lawrance Bishnoi also planned and executed the killing of youth Congress leaderGurlal Singh in Faridkot from Jail in Rajasthan where he is lodged. He has alsobeen instrumental in making extortion calls through his associates from Canadaand the UK. The officers discussed plans to check the activities of criminals whoare lodged in various Jails of Punjab and Haryana.
The officers expressed concern about the smuggling ofillegal firearms and lacunas in the Arms Act and its misuse by licensed armsdealers in supplying ammunition to the criminals. There have been reports thatGun house owners of Punjab are providing ammunition to the illegal armsmanufacturers in various states, including MP & UP.
There have been instances where the criminals are found tobe using fake identities in order to make Passports to travel to foreigncountries. It was decided to identify such travel agents involved in makingfake documents and take strict action against them.
It was also decided to list out most wanted abscondingcriminals operating in the region and to rewards for providing informationleading to their arrests. Emphasis was laid on the real time sharing ofinformation by the use of latest technology it was also decided to hold jointinter-state quarterly meetings of senior police officers to update the latestdevelopments in action against gangsters.
DGP Punjab Dinkar Gupta proposed that the quarterly orbi-monthly meeting shall be conducted between the District Police Chiefs of theneighbouring states to discuss activities of the gangsters and criminal gangsoperating in the region.
He also pointed out that the gangsters, who are operatingfrom the jails should be transferred to the jails outside the state.
The DGP Punjab also stressed upon the need of enacting aMaharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act (MCOCA) type law to curtail theactivities of Organised Criminal Gangs.
Meanwhile, Police officers of Punjab, Haryana &Chandigarh (UT) also have exchanged the information regarding the differentgangs presently operating in the region.