Mar 09, 2025 07:46 PM IST
Punjab Police conducts searches at bus stands forward of Holi
Chandigarh, To make sure peaceable celebrations of forthcoming Holi pageant, Punjab Police on Sunday performed a cordon and search operation at 262 bus stands throughout the state, an official assertion stated.
Punjab Police conducts searches at bus stands forward of Holi
The operation was carried out on the instructions of Director Basic of Police Punjab Gaurav Yadav in all of the 28 police districts, it stated.
Particular Director Basic of Police Arpit Shukla, who was personally monitoring this state-level operation, stated that every one the police commissioners and senior superintendents of police have been requested to make sure heavy deployment of police power beneath the supervision of SP rank officers to make this operation profitable.
The police groups with the help of sniffer canines frisked individuals arriving and departing on the bus stands, he stated, including that groups have additionally rounded up suspicious individuals for verification.
“We had strictly instructed all the police personnel to deal with every person in a friendly and polite manner while frisking them during the course of this operation,” he added.
Shukla stated that 400 police events, involving over 3,000 police personnel, have been deputed beneath the supervision of 121 gazetted officers throughout the state to search for suspicious individuals at totally different bus stands whereas making certain minimal inconvenience to the general public.
He stated 3,868 individuals have been checked in the course of the operation performed at round 262 bus stands within the state. Police groups have rounded up 175 individuals for questioning.
Two prison instances have been additionally registered in the course of the operation and 100 grams of heroin was recovered, the Particular DGP added.
He stated that in the course of the operation, police groups have additionally performed checking of automobiles stationed at and across the bus stands. As many as 208 automobiles have been challaned and 14 automobiles have been impounded by the groups.
Shukla reiterated that such operations would proceed to make sure peace and concord within the state.
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