Rohit Kumar Singh | Edited by Deepali Singh
Patna, December 1, 2017 | UPDATED 10:39 IST
The order was issued after an angry DIG found that none of the police officers made any breakthrough or a single arrest in last one week.
Patna DIG Rajesh Kumar In an exemplary punishment to erring cops, Patna DIG Rajesh Kumar has ordered of cease 70 Station House Officers' (SHOs) salaries in Patna district for the month of November.
The order was issued after an angry DIG found that none of the police officers made any breakthrough or a single arrest in their jurisdiction despite several cases of crime reported in last one week.
Rajesh Kumar had recently held a meeting to review the law and order situation in Patna and found that there have been multiple cases of murder, loot, dacoity and kidnapping that have happened in rural and urban parts of the city.
Kumar had warned the senior cops to take actions and make arrests of the accused as most of the crime cases were high profile and the police headquarters was monitoring the investigations in these cases on a day to day basis.
On Thursday, when Patna DIG held another round of meeting on law and order, he found that despite giving strict warning, the police officers made no effort to arrest any of the accused.
An angry Rajesh Kumar said that the police officers had manifested indiscipline and negligence for their work and ordered to stop the salaries of 70 SHOs.
DIG has also sought an explanation from 10 DSPs in Patna as to why the police officers in their jurisdiction made no arrest in last one week in cases of murder, loot and kidnapping.