Malerkotla police conduct search ops, intensify crackdown on drug peddlers
As part of the state government’s initiative against drugs, Yudh Nashian Virudh
The Malerkotla police on Friday conducted cordon and search operations at known drug hotspots and intensified crackdown on peddlers and their sympathisers, said officials. The operation was part of the state government’s initiative, Yudh Nashian Virudh.
The officials cautioned the anti-social elements against continuing their illegal activities.
According to the police, they prepared lists of habitual offenders on the basis of search operations conducted after cordoning off localities under jurisdiction of police stations in Ahmedgarh sub-division, which has already been identified as hotspot for drug peddling.
The search operation was conducted under supervision of Baljot Singh Rathore, Inspector General (IG), Government Railway Police (GRP); and Gagan Ajit Singh, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Malerkotla.
Rajwinder Singh Randhawa, SP; Satish Kumar, Deputy SP (Detective) and DSP Sukhdev Singh Brar led the police teams that conducted the raids.
IG Rathore appreciated said the crackdown yielded desired results due to cooperation from the general public.
“However, there are still a substantial number of influential persons who tried to shield the peddlers and helped them evade police action,” said Rathore, maintaining that Station-House Officers (SHOs) SHOs and beat officers had started preparing lists of alleged sympathisers of drug peddlers.
Rathore called upon social organisers to join the campaign against drugs.
SSP Singh said some suspicious persons with criminal records were rounded up to for questioning about sympathisers of criminals so that action can be taken against them.
“We are working on the three ‘I’ formula to deal with criminal sympathisers. Officers have been asked to first ‘Identify’, then ‘Induce’ them to join the fight against drugs and finally ‘Isolate’ them from the society if they don’t stop shielding criminals,” said the SSP.
The SSP reiterated that the Malerkotla police was committed to the fight against crime with an intent to provide the residents with a safe, secure and fear-free environment.
