6 senior cops outside SSP radar for 4 hours

The six police officers in question are Inspector Udaypal Singh (SHO,police station 34),Inspector Bakshish Singh (SHO,police station 31),Inspector Sukhbir Rana (SHO,police station 11); SI Baldev (police post in-charge Maloya),SI Ajay (police post in-charge Palsora) and SI Jasminder (police post in-charge Bapu Dham).

Failing to trace the officers for as long as four hours,that too on a day when the country’s capital,Delhi,had suffered a terrorist attack earlier and the city police were supposed to be on high alert,the UT SSP asked the respective additional station house officers and additional police post in-charges to take over during the night. The official vehicles allotted to the six delinquent officers were also recalled from wherever they were to be ready for duty under the Police Control Room.

The six officers were called to the police headquarters in full uniform at 10 am today and given a dressing down by Singh. They were made to sit outside the SSP’s office till 7 pm,before they were finally let off with a stern warning. The officers have also been issued notices seeking an explanation for their behaviour and asked to submit the reasons for their absence and for not responding to the control rooms messages.

Incidentally,the majority of Chandigarh police officers,including SHOs and police post in-charges were “busy” on Sunday night attending the reception party of a Chandigarh deputy superintendent of police’s son at a resort in Zirakpur.

Commenting on the incident,SSP Naunihal Singh said,“It is definitely a show of indiscipline. The six officers have been issued strict warnings and I have sought their explanations. I am going to keep a close watch on the functioning of all my officers and anybody found negligent shall not be spared.”