Khalistani militants, gangsters, narcotic smugglers have pooled resources under ISI game plan: Punjab Police

DGP Gaurav Yadav held a elaborate briefing connected Monday with tract constabulary officers from the borderline districts and the Amritsar and Jalandhar constabulary commissionerates to sensitise them to the challenges astatine hand. To emphasise the quality of the activities being undertaken successful this cross-criminal network, the 3 constabulary office branches dealing with these threats were represented successful the briefings by Special DGP (internal security) R N Dhoke, ADGP (Anti-Narcotics Task force) Nilabh Kishore and ADGP (Anti-Gangster Task Force) Promod Ban.

Speaking to The Indian Express, DGP Gaurav Yadav said his officers were tackling this occupation with a calibrated attack to disable the designs of the ISI and the transgression oregon Khalistani elements. “What has happened is that with the beardown constabulary crackdown successful Punjab connected the anti-national and transgression networks, determination has been a shortage of consenting hands disposable to bash the bidding of these violent leaders and gangsters. We person nabbed astir of their associates, arsenic a effect of which they person tally retired of radical connected the ground,” helium said.

This concern has led these 3 elements—extortion gangsters, narco-smugglers and terrorists—to articulation hands nether the supervision and absorption of the ISI, the DGP said. “The levels of desperation of the ISI to foment occupation successful Punjab are truthful evident that their quality operatives are present making nonstop telephone calls to criminals to goad them into action,” helium said.

Detailed roadmap for action

With this caller script mapped, elder constabulary officials person shared a elaborate roadmap with territory constabulary chiefs and different officers, including a database of associates and small-time couriers and operatives acting successful cahoots with each other. “We person gone successful for a unified-command attack and are giving a unified propulsion to destruct this nexus, which is wherefore each 3 prongs of the violative impact counter-intelligence, the Anti-Gangster Task Force and the Anti-Narcotics Task Force,” said a elder serviceman acquainted with the developments.

With stolen two-wheelers being utilized to perpetrate the latest question of convulsive attacks successful the state, territory constabulary officers person besides been directed to utilise the VAHAN app and bundle astatine checkpoints.

The DGP is besides learnt to person asked tract officers to guarantee thorough documentation and paperwork regarding the offences for which criminals person been nabbed, truthful they tin stay down bars for extended periods. “It has been emphasised that due investigations indispensable beryllium conducted, and determination should beryllium a abstracted squad pursuing the ‘pairvee’ of cases related to organised crime. Since witnesses who travel guardant to depose successful specified cases are fewer and acold between, it is important to person a watertight technological probe to convict the accused,” said a elder officer.

“Good documentation is besides required erstwhile we contented reddish country notices oregon erstwhile the deportation of criminals is taken up from different state done the due transmission of the Government of India. Foreign governments necessitate watertight investigations and evidence, which is precise important,” said the elder officer.

Another facet with which tract officers person been sensitised is that the caller transgression laws, the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, incorporate sections that tin beryllium applied successful organised transgression cases, and these laws should beryllium intimately studied and utilised. Earlier provisions of laws similar Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act had to beryllium invoked for these offences.