Cops seek court nod to release seized cylinders

Ranchi: In view of a shortage of oxygen cylinders in the state, police are now planning to handover seized oxygen cylinders to the district administration after permission from the courts.
Additional director general (ADG) and chief spokesman of state police R K Mallick said SPs and the SSPs have been asked to move courts for release of the seized oxygen cylinders lying at police stations.
He said, “The cylinders, seized during various operations, would be handed over to the deputy commissioners who in turn will decide how to distribute them among patients.”
Sources said over 200 oxygen cylinders are stocked in police stations across the state.
Mallick added, “Police are trying to make contribution in alleviating the pains of patients in various ways. An instruction has been issued asking policemen posted on law and order duty at hospitals to guide patients in getting treatment from doctors. In many cases, patients and relatives do not know whom to contact and where to go in the hospitals.”
Notably, a police sub-inspector posted in Rajendra Institute of Medical Sciences, Marut Nandan, has won praises from the people and officials for his role in facilitating treatment of patients.
Police personnel in general have been asked to take all precautions to avoid getting infected. Officials are of the view that if policemen get infected in large numbers, it will not only affect the implementation of various anti-Covid measures but also add to the load in the hospitals.
In addition, the police headquarters is also in touch with the health department to renovate its hospital in the campus of Jharkhand Armed Police 10 headquarters in Hotwar for treatment of infected police personnel and their relatives.