MP leads country in law and order: CM

Sagar, Jan 11: Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan has said that Madhya Pradesh is among the leading states in peace and law and order situation. He said that development is impossible without peace and prosperity and days are not far when Madhya Pradesh would become the topmost state in the matter of peace and security.

In his address after taking salute of the passing out parade of trained sub-inspectors and Subedars at Jawaharlal Training Academy here, Chief Minister Chouhan said that during the last only one year all the dacoit gangs have been eliminated from Madhya Pradesh. We are proud of our police due to whose contribution no big dacoit gang has left in Chambal ravines. The small-time gangs raising their heads time to time in Bundelkhand area are also being eliminated rapidly.

Chief Minister Chouhan told newly trained police officials to become harder than stone for the criminals and softer than flower for law-abiding common man. Your behaviour should be such that people should not face hesitation in coming to police station to lodge their complaints. Expressing pleasure over inclusion of large number of females as police officials, Chief Minister Chouhan hoped that they would follow the footsteps of Maharani Laxmi Bai and Rani Durgawati. He said that the law and order situation would become even better with the command in the hands of daughters of the state.

Home Minister Himmat Kothari said in his address that there are many challenges before police in this scientific era and the new recruits would have to face these challenges bravely. That is why they have been imparted training in new techniques of control over crimes. Stressing that the police officials should be mentally strong, Kothari said that the state government has infused a new energy in the Police Department by initiating various steps. DGP AR Pawar said that it is after a long time that so many officers are being inducted into the force. This would improve the field policing. He informed that in this era of globalisation, cyber crimes and information technology, syllabus of police officers' training has been changed according to the emerging requirements. Now these new officers would have to come true to people's expectations.

He laid stress on good behaviour with people hit by crimes. Pawar thanked the Chief Minister for raising the salaries of inspectors and sub-inspectors by Rs 1000 to Rs 1500 and increase in their nutritious food allowance. Jawaharlal Nehru Police Academy director and inspector general B Maria Kumar informed in the progress report that out of 313 police officers passing out today, 300 are sub-inspectors and 13 Subedars. The trainees include 72 girls. Earlier, B Maria Kumar administered oath to the new recruits for paying respect to Constitution of India, National Flag and maintaining sovereignty and integrity and discharging their duties with honesty and in unbiased manner.