Rural police to deploy 100 cops in Covid reserve or 100 cops to check violations of safety norms in district

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, July 17

After the Punjab government ordered creation of Special Covid-19 reserves to tighten the noose around violators of safety norms, the Amritsar Rural police have freed around 100 cops from non-essential duties for the purpose.

The DGP had directed all district police chiefs, including SSPs and Commissioners of Police, to withdraw 50 per cent of the cops on attachment with the Central police office (CPO) immediately and deploy them to enforce guidelines to check the spread of the coronavirus. The police personnel have been asked to report to their parent unit concerned by Saturday morning.

The decision has been taken in view of the rise in cases of violation of Covid safety norms. Though the police had been registering cases against violators, people continued to flout norms.

Amritsar Rural SSP Vikram Jeet Duggal said around 100 cops had been withdrawn from the district police office and they would be deputed in the field to ensure implementation of the safety norms. Similarly, the city police are also in the process of withdrawing the cops attached with CPOs.