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| India-Pakistan |
| IG unhappy with Punjab police performance |
| 2002-06-23 |
| Punjab Inspector General of Police Malik Asif Hayat has expressed his discontent over the police performance during the crackdown launched against terrorists after the recent acts of terrorism in different parts of the country. The IGP warned that disciplinary action would be taken against the inefficient police officers particularly those who failed to arrest terrorists of Sipah-i-Sahaba, Sipah-i-Muhammad, Lashkar-i-Tayyaba and Jaish-i-Muhammad. The IGP said that a list of terrorists had been circulated to all the range DIGs with the direction to arrest them. The decision was conveyed to all the range DIGs. According to a police department source, the Punjab police have arrested 150 alleged terrorists of banned militant outfits as against the target of 700 given to them. All the arrested persons are being interrogated by special police teams and a secret agency while most of them have not so far been produced before court. So the crackdown is actual fact, even though it's being shortstopped by the field agents wherever they can get away with it... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |