Patna DIG orders to stop salaries of 70 SHOs, 10 DSPs

He said it was necessary to boost the pace of investigations in criminal cases.

PATNA: Patna Deputy Inspector General (DIG) on Thursday ordered to stop salaries of 70 station house officers and ten deputy superintendent of police for lower number of arrests in their respective areas, a media report said.

DIG Rajesh Kumar had asked his officers to arrest at least one accused on a daily basis. He said it was necessary to boost pace of probe in criminal cases.

“What kind of policing is this? I found not a single arrest was made in the last one week. I have warned them. I can ease the order if substantial numbers of arrests are made in the next one week,” the news18.com reported.

“A DSP controls a large area and they should be proactive in making arrests themselves. At least one per week,” Kumar said.