Punjab Police conducts search operation: Punjab Police on Tuesday conducted a special Cordon and Search Operation (CASO) at and around all the bus stations and railway stations across the state. The searches were a part of the ongoing drive against anti-social elements launched on the directions of Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
The operation was conducted on the directions of Director General of Police (DGP) Punjab Gaurav Yadav.
The CASO was conducted from 11 am to 4 pm in all the 28 police districts. Police teams with the assistance of sniffer dogs frisked people arriving and departing at railway stations and bus stands. Police teams have also rounded up suspicious people for verification.
Punjab Police conducts search operation: Special Director General of Police (Special DGP) Law and Order, Arpit Shukla, was personally monitoring this state-level operation. He said that all the Commissioners of Police (CPs), Senior Superintendents of Police (SSPs) were asked to deploy at least two police teams per railway station and bus stand under the supervision of an SP rank officer to carry out this operation.
“We had strictly instructed all the police personnel to deal with every person in a friendly and polite manner while frisking them during the course of this operation,” he added.
He said that around 550 police teams, involving over 5,000 police personnel, were deputed across the state to look for suspicious persons at different railway stations and bus stands in the state, while ensuring minimal inconvenience to them.
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