Chief Secretary Review Level Meeting Focuses on Crime Control and Law Enforcement in Bihar

The Home Department of the Bihar government led by Chief Minister Nitish Kumar is taking continuous steps to control crime and maintain the law and order situation in the state.

Today on 5th September, a review meeting on crime control and law and order in Bihar was held at the Chief Secretary level through video conference with the Divisional Commissioners of the state, Inspectors General of Police, Deputy Inspectors General of Police, District Magistrates and Senior Superintendents of Police/Superintendents of Police. This important meeting was attended by Bihar’s Director General of Police, Principal Secretary of the Home Department, Secretary of the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Welfare Department and Additional Directors General of Police.

During the meeting, pending cases in Bihar were reviewed, where about 2,67,000 cases are pending investigation. The government directed that this number should be reduced to one lakh within the next six months. It was also informed that earlier there were about 9,000 investigating officers in the state, whose number has now increased to 23,000 after the special efforts of the government.

While reviewing the speedy trial, the strategy to speed it up further was discussed. All the District Magistrates and Superintendents of Police have prepared an action plan for the coming months, which is expected to improve the trial. While ensuring overall coordination, assurance has been given to speed up the trial process.

It was told in the meeting that a total of about 86,000 non-bailable warrants are pending in various police stations of Bihar, whose speedy implementation is necessary. For this, emphasis has been laid on taking speedy action.

The state government is organizing camps at the police station level every Saturday for the effective execution of land disputes. More than 40,000 land disputes have been resolved through these camps so far. In the meeting, emphasis was laid on conducting these camps effectively.

It was ensured in the meeting that GPS devices should be mandatorily installed in the patrol vehicles of the police stations and all the vehicles working under Dial 112 so that the regional availability of vehicles can be ensured. The movement of these vehicles will be monitored from the district-level control room.

Wherever land is unavailable for the construction of police station buildings, instructions have been given to make it available within two months. Also, instructions have been given to expedite the work that is incomplete in the construction of police lines. It has been decided to hold a review meeting on these subjects every two months.

It is clear from this meeting that the state government is taking strict steps to control crime and strengthen law and order and is making efforts to expedite the disposal of pending cases.