CHANDIGARH: Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Siddharth Chattopadhyaya on Friday directed all the CPs/SSPs to launch preventive, precautionary and operational security measures to ensure peace and communal harmony in the State.
The DGP accompanied by ADGP Internal Security RN Dhoke, ADGP STF Harpreet Singh Sidhu, ADGP Intelligence AS Rai, ADGP Elections Smt Shashi Prabha Dwivedi and ADGP Law and Order Dr Naresh Arora held a high-level virtual meeting with all the CPs/SSPs to review the crime situation in the state. The meeting took place in the wake of recent bomb blast that rocked the Ludhiana Court Complex.
DGP Siddharth Chattopadhyaya gave clear instructions to CPs/SSPs to not let anyone take law in their hands and if any person found indulging in any violent activities should be dealt with firmly and appropriate criminal cases should be registered immediately.
Keeping in view the ongoing festive season, the DGP directed police officers to keep vigil at all the sensitive places and deploy maximum police force at Nakas, besides ensuring day and night police patrolling and conducting spot checks at crowded places including markets,bus stands ,railway stations etc. There should be no inconvenience to the common public especially to women and elderly people, he added.
He also directed police officers to activate police control rooms and mobile patrolling in their concerned districts.