Policemen can not misuse powers, warns IGP.

LAHORE -- Punjab Inspector General of Police (IGP), Inam Ghani said that no one has the authority to abuse power while on duty, so any police officer or official, who takes the law into his own hands will be treated the same as an ordinary citizen. He expressed these views while instructing all the officers of the province during the first video link crime meeting of the new year at the Central Police Office here Friday.

During the meeting, the overall crime situation in the province and the overall performance of the police teams was discussed in detail.

IG Punjab said that for effective supervision of the personnel on duty at the check posts, the senior officers should expedite the surprise visits and consider the officers and personnel stationed at the check posts with good manners and positive attitude towards the citizens as part of their duty. Zero tolerance will be shown against those responsible for deaths, torture and escape of accused in police custody.

He said that the effective way to curb crime was to brought the accused to justice by conducting free registration and work out cases, therefore special attention should be paid to free registration of crime in all districts of the province and through effective investigation to work out cases,the crime rate may reduced considerably.

He further said that zero tolerance action should be intensified against the thugs and occupation groups, who are harassing the noble citizens so that the sense of security and rule of law in the society may be improved by arresting these anti-social elements.

The IGP added that the district officers should send all their inquiries to the IAB branch which will forward the inquiries to the IG Punjab after registration of their recommendations while strict departmental...