In an effort to keep up the peace and tranquility of Punjab, Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday met Union Home Minister Amit Shah to debate the problem of regulation and order within the state.
As many as 1900 Central Reserved Police Force (CRPF) personnel together with the specialised anti-riot unit had been being dispatched to the state for strengthening the security grid particularly because the date for the G20 summit in Amritsar nears.
The two leaders mentioned the regulation and order concern. Mann informed Shah in regards to the circumstances resulting in the Ajnala incident, sources mentioned.
On February 23, self-styled Sikh preacher and Khalistan sympathiser Amritpal Singh and his supporters, some of them brandishing swords and weapons, broke by barricades and barged right into a police station in Ajnala on the outskirts of the Amritsar metropolis, extracting an assurance from the police that his aide and kidnapping case accused Lovepreet Singh could be launched.
The chief minister mentioned in a tweet in Punjabi that the “Centre and Punjab will work together on the issue of law and order”.
Official sources added that the Union residence ministry final week additionally directed the deployment of 18 corporations to Punjab for “aid of the state government during law and order duties.”
Out of the 18 contingents, eight are drawn from the anti-riot Rapid Action Force (RAF) whereas the remainder are common ones. The total power of these corporations is round 19,000 personnel.
As many as 10 contingents of the CRPF ( Central Reserved Police Force), 8 from RPF ( Railway Protection Force), 2 from BSF (Border Security Force), 12 from ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and 10 from SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) have been despatched to Punjab amid the G20 assembly that’s scheduled to happen between March 15 and 17.
These corporations have been initially tasked to be deployed in Punjab between March 6-16 and their keep might be prolonged after session between the state and the Centre, the sources mentioned.
They mentioned the businesses will help the state police in security duties through the three-day Sikh pageant of ‘Hola Mohalla’ that will probably be celebrated between March 8-10.
The chief minister mentioned he had mentioned with the house minister the problem of drones and medicines alongside the border. He mentioned the problem of shifting the barbed wire alongside the border was additionally mentioned. Mann mentioned he has requested Shah to launch Punjab’s stalled rural improvement fund quickly.
Security tightened ahead of G-20 summit
As many as 10 contingents of the CRPF ( Central Reserved Police Force), 8 from RPF ( Railway Protection Force), 2 from BSF (Border Security Force), 12 from ITBP (Indo-Tibetan Border Police) and 10 from SSB (Sashastra Seema Bal) have been despatched to Punjab amid the G20 assembly that’s scheduled to happen between March 15 and 17. These contingents will attain Punjab on March 6 and they’re going to head again after the G20 summit attracts to an finish.
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