Uttarakhand police will soon have a dedicated Economic Offences Wing which will focus primarily on crimes related to land and benami properties, Chief Minister Harish Rawat said today.
Directives to this effect were issued by Rawat while reviewing the law and order situation in the state at a meeting with senior police officials including DGP M A Ganpati, Additional DGP Anil Raturi, ADGP R S Meena and IG Sanjay Gunjyal, an official release here said. Rawat, who was reinstated as Chief Minister yesterday, asked police not to come under pressure of any kind and act without impartiality towards anyone.
Noting that crime in the society can be reined in only when criminals feel deterred by the law enforcing agencies, , said police will have to play a more pro-active role to instil fear into the minds of wrongdoers.
He asked them to tighten vigil in areas adjoining Nepal and Uttar Paradesh.
Rawat expressed concern over the rise in land related crimes saying such cases should be solved on a priority and the guilty should be brought to book.
A tab should also be kept on communally sensitive areas and those caught trying to disturb communal amity must be sternly dealt with,he said.
