Chandigarh, March 9 (IANS) Ahead of Holi, Punjab Police on Sunday conducted a cordon and search operation (CASO) at 262 bus stands. The operation was carried out on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav in all 28 police districts.
Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Law and Order Arpit Shukla, who was personally monitoring this state-level operation, said all the Commissioners of Police and Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) were asked to ensure heavy deployment of police force under the supervision of Superintendent of Police (SP)-rank officers to make this operation successful.
He said that police teams with the assistance of sniffer dogs frisked people arriving and departing at bus stands, adding teams have also rounded up suspicious people 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 said in a statement.
The Special DGP said that 400 police parties, involving over 3,000 police men, were deputed under the supervision of 121 gazetted rank officers across the state to look for suspicious persons at different bus stands in the state while ensuring minimum inconvenience to the public.
Around 3,868 people were checked during the operation conducted at around 262 bus stands in the state, he said, while adding police teams have rounded up 175 people for questioning.
Police teams have also registered two criminal cases during the operation and recovered 100 grams heroin, he added.
He said that during the operation, police teams have also conducted checking of vehicles stationed at and around the bus stands. As many as 208 vehicles were challaned and 14 vehicles have been impounded by the teams, he added.
Special DGP Shukla reiterated that such operations would continue to ensure peace and harmony in the border state.
–IANS
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