Mizoram plans to retire cops with alcohol, drug addiction

During the meeting, Lalzirliana said there are those among the police “who are not worth employing either because of a lack of self-discipline, alcoholism or drug addiction.” He estimated there must be at least 20 to 30 policemen who are either alcoholics or drug addicts in each of the state’s eight police battalions.

The issue of alcoholism has been a talking point among senior police officials. In a crime review meeting earlier this year, then DGP A K Patnaik had also asked senior police officers to impress upon their men the “ill-effects of excessive alcohol abuse”.

In another meeting last month, DIG (Northern Range) Zorammuana told SPs of several districts that they should conduct special sessions to wean personnel off alcohol.