Residents to assist in traffic regulation at city crossings
Varanasi: A day after deciding to involve local traders and residents in assisting with traffic regulation, especially on busy roads and crossings, police commissioner Mohit Agrawal on Thursday inspected several roads, including Englishia Line, to assess the situation.
The commissioner, along with many senior officials, not only evaluated the traffic conditions but also examined roadside parking and encroachments. Before taking to the streets, he held a meeting with officials from all zones at the police lines on Wednesday evening. During this meeting, he instructed the designation of local traders and residents as Yatayat Mitra. He asked for the identification of 50 intersections and the appointment of 15 local traders and residents as Yatayat Mitra at each intersection.
These Yatayat Mitras will report traffic jams and provide suggestions for their resolution during their monthly meetings at the police station level.
Instructions were also given for regular monitoring and strict action against encroachments, illegal parking, and traffic violations to enhance smooth traffic flow. The commissioner asked for the deployment of sub-inspectors at 10 major intersections for effective traffic management.
A team of five members, including home guards and fourth-class employees, will be formed to report on the behaviour towards common citizens and victims at police stations.
After reviewing the progress of tasks assigned during his last meeting, he instructed the acceleration of the verification process for illegal Rohingya and Bangladeshis, as well as other people with doubtful credentials. He called for weekly meetings with traders, the elimination of cattle smugglers, and thorough investigations of their networks.
The commissioner said sub-inspectors will be ranked based on performance, including case resolution, public interaction, maintaining peace, and crime-solving contributions. Police station in-charges should brief officers up to the constable level about ongoing campaigns and directives from higher authorities, he said.
Among other important attendees were ACP (law and order, headquarters) S Channappa, ACP (crime) Rajesh Kumar Singh, all DCPs, ADCPs, ACPs, and police station and outpost in-charges, who were present at the meeting.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Hans India
3 hours ago
- Hans India
5 nabbed with cache of arms in hotel raid
New Delhi: In a major crackdown on illegal arms trafficking, the Delhi Police Crime Branch apprehended five men from a hotel in South Delhi's Jangpura area, a statement said. The arrests led to the recovery of a cache of weapons, ammunition, and electronic gadgets from the accused. Acting on a specific input received by Head Constable Amit Tomar, the Crime Branch launched a coordinated operation after learning that a group from Madhya Pradesh suspected of trafficking illegal firearms had checked into a hotel in the Jangpura area. A dedicated team was formed under Inspector Ashish Sharma's leadership and ACP Yashpal Singh's (ER-I) supervision. The raiding party included Sub-Inspectors Prakash and Guman Singh, ASI Sandeep Chawla, and Head Constables Amit, Manish, and Anil. During the operation, the team identified a room locked from the inside and proceeded with caution. Displaying quick action and coordination, the officers managed to breach the room and detain all five suspects without any resistance. A thorough search of the room led to the recovery of two country-made pistols and 14 live cartridges. In addition, Rs 35,000 in cash, eight smartphones, a laptop, and a tablet were also seized. The police believe these gadgets were being used for communication and coordination within the network. An FIR has been registered at the Crime Branch Police Station under relevant sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and the Arms Act.
Time of India
11 hours ago
- Time of India
28 Bangladeshis arrested from Dinhata station while trying to return home
Jalpaiguri: Police arrested 28 Bangladeshi nationals, including eight women and nine minors, from Dinhata railway station early on Friday, intending to cross over into Bangladesh. A preliminary probe revealed that the group was fleeing Haryana, where a recent drive to round up illegal Bangladeshi citizens had spooked them. Police said several of the arrested Bangladeshis had crossed into India 22 years ago. All of them had settled in Haryana, where they worked as daily labourers in brick kilns. They got married there and had eight children. A sudden drive by Haryana Police last year to identify and arrest illegal Bangladeshi nationals, which led to the arrest of over 100 Bangladeshis, rattled them so much that they tried to flee. The group left Haryana and took refuge in Bihar, where they lived for the past 10 months. As the drive against Bangladeshi intruders intensified in other parts of the country, they planned to return to Kurigram in Bangladesh. Accordingly, they took a train to Siliguri, and then another train to reach Cooch Behar's Dinhata. Their plan was to cross over to Bangladesh with the help of agents. However, their presence outside the station at that odd hour drew the attention of locals, who informed police. An interrogation exposed their identity. "Prima facie, it seems they were trying to return to Bangladesh and came to Dinhata with that intention. Further interrogation will reveal how they were planning a return and who else is involved," said Cooch Behar ASP Krishna Gopal Meena. In Feb, Union home minister Amit Shah had directed authorities to speed up operations against the entire network assisting illegal Bangladeshi and Rohingya immigrants in entering and staying in the country through forged documents.
Time of India
20 hours ago
- Time of India
My husband is Indian; we know justice will prevail: Wife of Assam man deported to Bangladesh
For Rita Khanam, faith in God remains her final refuge as she waits anxiously for news of her husband, whom she last saw in a video earlier this week. The footage, reportedly shot in the 'no man's land' along the Indo-Bangladesh border in Assam's South Salmara Mankachar district, has left her distraught and searching for answers. Speaking to PTI over the phone from her home at Khandapukhuri in Morigaon district, Khanam said her family is in touch with the authorities and has submitted documents to prove her husband Khairul Islam's Indian nationality. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like War Thunder - Register now for free and play against over 75 Million real Players War Thunder Play Now Undo She remains hopeful that "justice will prevail." Islam was among nine persons arrested by Morigaon police on May 24 in a crackdown on illegal immigrants declared by the Foreigners' Tribunal (FT), but who had been evading deportation. Live Events Along with his three siblings, Islam was declared a foreigner by the FT in 2016, a decision he challenged in the Gauhati High Court . The High Court upheld the FT's ruling, leading to his detention in 2018. He was set free in 2020 following a Supreme Court general order to release all detainees who had spent more than two years in jail. "My husband is a former school teacher and a law-abiding citizen. On May 23, personnel from Mikirbheta police station came to our house and took him away, saying they had a few questions and he could return home after that," Khanam said. Khanam said she had a gut feeling that the situation was more serious, as police came at a late hour. "And the next thing we know, he was taken to Morigaon SP's office and from there, to the detention camp at Matia (in Goalpara district). And then, the video emerged where we found that he had been deported to Bangladesh ," she claimed. Islam is believed to be among 14 illegal Bangladeshi nationals who were sent back to their country by the BSF through the South Salmara Mankachar border on Tuesday. Though a BSF officer, who refused to be identified, had confirmed deporting the persons, an official statement by the force said a "large group of Bangladeshis" had attempted to infiltrate, which was successfully thwarted by the border guards. Khanam claimed that her husband's appeal against the FT decision is pending before the Supreme Court, though local police maintained that they had the necessary clearance for his deportation. "In the case of Khairul Islam, we had the necessary clearance to deport him. But for his two brothers and a sister, who were also declared foreigners by the FT, we are awaiting legal formalities. Hence, we have not detained them," a local police officer told PTI. Khanam is confident of her husband's Indian nationality, and their family members are already in touch with the authorities to present necessary documents. "Our relatives are pursuing the matter. We know that he is an Indian and I have full faith in 'Ishwar and Allah' that he will return," she said, as she waited at their residence with her two teenaged children for Islam.
