PATNA – Back-to-back incidents of crimes in Bihar in the last fortnight has turned the heat on the Nitish Kumar-led JD(U)-BJP government’s claims on law and order situation in the state.
Seven murders were reported within a span of 12 hours -between 8pm on Wednesday to 6am on Thursday – across Bihar on Thursday.
Two men were shot dead and one lynched at Samastipur in separate incidents, and one person each was shot dead/stabbed to death in Madhubani, Rohtas, Saharsa, and East Champaran districts.
The Chief Minister reviewed the law and order situation in the state at a high-level meeting here in which he has expressed dissatisfaction over police action on crime control and prevention.
Upset over the spurt in crime incidents in Bihar in the last few weeks, Nitish asked top police officials, including DGP Gupteshwar Pandey, to pull up their socks, saying he wanted results from them in checking and controlling crime.
The Chief Minister reviewed the law and order situation in the state at a high-level meeting here in which he has expressed dissatisfaction over police action on crime control and prevention.
The CM also directed to intensify patrolling across vulnerable areas day and night and launch massive drives to nab all absconding criminals.
Speaking to the media after the meeting, DGP Gupteshwar Panday said: “The zones, districts and police stations have been identified as ‘vulnerable’ from crime point of views in which special steps are being taken to curb the crimes”.
“The Patna and Tirhut zones in the state have been identified as the highly vulnerable from crimes in state. Among districts, Muzaffarpur and Vaishali under the Tirhut and Patna district under Patna zone have been found as the most vulnerable districts and a number of police stations in these districts have also been identified as highly vulnerable from crimes point of views,” said Pandey.
To improve the law and order in those zones, districts and police stations areas, top police officials of specially formed ‘DGP-Team’ will visit to look into law and order related problems.
Pandey also said all the DIGs and seniors cops in fields would be on random patrolling in their areas and report to their seniors.
Besides these measures, two separate wings have been activated in the police department to look into law and order. “One team of police officials in every district will be assigned only to conduct investigation while the second team will work on law and order. The officials posted in each of these wings will continue posted for three years,” Pandey said.
During the review, it came to light that of the four police zones in the state, Patna tops the crime list, followed by Muzaffarpur. The other two zones are Bhagalpur and Darbhanga. Among the districts, Patna, Muzaffarpur, and Vaishali are at the top.
