On toes to nab POs ahead of polls, police team fights staff crunch

Ludhiana: With the fashion code of conduct in position, a team of Ludhiana police is on its feet to nab as many proclaimed offenders (POs) as conceivable sooner than the polls. But PO wing in-charge stated their task has turn into tough as they don’t apt body of workers for the purpose.
There are 2,825 proclaimed offenders within the city, including 1,982 who had jumped bail and 843 who had never been arrested.

The Election Commission had already directed the officials to nab POs, especially the ones sought after in NDPS and Arms Act instances. Following the instructions, the PO wing, headed by way of sub-inspector Balwinder Singh has nabbed 142 proclaimed offenders in four months of 2019. The PO team contains 19 officials.

Till March 31, there are total 2,825 POs in Ludhiana, including 523 who are hiding within the state; 1,247 who've taken refuge in other states; and 67 who've left the country.

Out of those who are believed to be hiding within the state, the utmost POs (52) in Jagraon, adopted by way of 47 in Amritsar, 44 in Khanna, 40 in Jalandhar Rural and 39 in Jalandhar city, police stated.

Police stated so far as POs in other states are concerned, 471 POs are hiding in Uttar Pradesh, adopted by way of 366 in Bihar, 79 in Delhi, 69 in Haryana and 65 in Rajasthan.

Besides, beneath the class of out of nation POs, 52 such criminals have taken refuge in Nepal, adopted by way of eight in Canada, 4 in America, 2 in France and one in Dubai.

Sub-inspector Balwinder Singh, in-charge of PO wing of Ludhiana commissionerate, stated, “There are only 19 cops in PO wing, out of which 5 are on other tasks at the present while 3 paintings as munshi, laptop operator and driver. So, with the team of 10 cops, we've got managed to arrest 142 POs from January 1 until date. A total of 40 POs were nabbed in January, 50 in February, 30 in March and 22 in those 16 days of April.”


“We have gained particular instructions to arrest maximum POs, especially the ones booked in instances beneath Arms Act, NDPS Act and people who may create nuisance or disturbance in elections. However, we are facing tough time due to body of workers crunch,” he stated.


Ahead of meeting elections in 2017, the PO wing had were given 23 further cops, especially for the duty for arresting Pos. “However, this 12 months we didn't get any extra body of workers. If we get extra body of workers, the PO wing will be capable to arrest extra Pos,” added the SI.


On asking about the POs the ones are in other states, the respectable stated the uncooperative angle of cops of other states creates hurdle. Every time they conduct a raid in other states, the accused get knowledge previous to the raid, he added.


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