PATNA: Around 89,000 police personnel of the state will take a pledge not to consume liquor or work in tandem with liquor smugglers once again on December 21, a senior police officer posted at the police headquarters said on Thursday.
The pledge will be administered by senior officers to their subordinates in their respective offices at 11am on the directive of CM Nitish Kumar. The police personnel posted in the rail districts will also have to adhere to the directive of the CM.
According to a letter issued by DGP S K Singhal to all IGs, DIGs, SSPs and the SPs, the CM had issued a directive to this effect during the review meeting on law and order in the state on December 9.
The police headquarters has already sent the format of the oath message to the respective police districts, including rail. “All the policemen have already been intimated about the CM’s directive,” a DIG-rank officer said.
Earlier, on April 4, 2016, all police personnel, including home guards, had taken a similar pledge not to consume liquor and allow its sale in the state.
All other government employees had taken a similar pledge the next day. In 2019 also, the exercise was repeated on the CM’s directive.