Nodal officers to be appointed in every police station to curb crime: DGP
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Patna: Director general of police (DGP) Vinay Kumar said here on Saturday that at least one police officer from each police station would be made a nodal officer to work in tandem with the representatives of the gram panchayat and gram kutchahary concerned to control crime in the region effectively.
Addressing a workshop on the "Role of police in the local govt", organised by the office of the chair professor of panchayati raj at Chanakya National Law University (CNLU) here, the DGP said if petty crimes are nipped in the bud at the local level, more than 80% of crimes would automatically end in the state. He requested the chair professor of panchayati raj to impart training to the inspectors and DSP-level officials regarding the effective functioning of the panchayati raj system.
State panchayati raj department's director, Prashant Kumar, stressed the need for training for the elected representatives of the local govt. He said in order to strengthen the panchayati raj system, 8,093 lower division clerks are going to be appointed soon. He pointed out that any common man can lodge a case in gram kutchahary through an online portal.
CNLU registrar and panchayati raj chair professor S P Singh, in his welcome address, pointed out that the panchayati raj system originated well before the independence of the country and Bihar is the first state to introduce the concept of gram katchahary under Section 49 of the Bihar Panchayati Raj Act, 1947.
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Rashmi Kumari and Mithilesh Kumar Roy, representatives of the local govt, also shared their views regarding the functioning of the panchayati raj system in the state. Altogether, 120 representatives of the local govt attended the workshop.
CNLU teacher Pratyush Kaushik conducted the workshop. Bihar Sarpanch Association's president Amod Kumar Nirala proposed a vote of thanks.
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