Mysuru: Director General and Inspector General of Police (DG&IGP) Rupak Kumar Dutta arrived on a three-day visit to Mysuru yesterday and held a couple of meetings and interactions with the Southern Range Police personnel manning law and order and traffic.

He arrived with his family at around 11.30 am and was received at the DG Suite in front of the office of Superintendent of Police by IGP (Southern Range) Vipul Kumar and City Police Commissioner Dr. A. Subrahmanyeswara Rao and Superintendent of Police Ravi D. Channannavar.

At a meeting with Police officers at Hotel JP Fortune Palace near Government Guest House, the DG&IGP held a review meeting from 12.15 pm to 4.45 pm. The meeting focussed on law and order and crime prevention. Superintendents of Police, Dy.SPs, Additional SPs and Inspectors from Mysuru, Mandya, Chamarajanagar, Kodagu and Hassan attended the meeting.

In a pep talk to officers, Rupak Kumar Dutta asked them to deal with lawlessness with an iron hand and not to succumb to any pressures. He asked them to be sensitive when it comes to women and child issues and backward communities. Group clashes and communal clashes must be detected early and must be prevented at any cost, he advised.

Asking Policemen to be people-friendly, the State top cop said that their behaviour in public was under watch. Policemen must mingle with people as they are a good source of information. “Treat people with respect and in turn, they will trust you and help the Department in curbing crime,” he said.

Asking his staff to implement the newly-formed Police Beat System and to ensure that the rule of law prevails, he said, maintaining law was the responsibility of each Police Constable and his higher officers.   “Crimes like highway robbery, extortion, murder, robberies and rape must be curbed and those officers who deal with crime must be equipped to deal with tough situations,” he said.

Talking tough on rowdy-sheeters and the role of Police in preventing their fiefdom, the DG&IGP said that while strict vigil has to be maintained on existing rowdy-sheeters, the Police must not allow new rowdy-sheeters.

“Every month, the concerned Commissioners and the Superintendent of Police must hold review meetings of the Police wings and take stock of the crime rate and spell out strategies to curb crime. They must use advanced technology to detect and establish crime and to gather evidence so that the criminal does not go scot-free,” he opined.

Chamarajanagar Superintendent of Police Dharmendra Kumar Meena, Kodagu SP P. Rajendra Prasad, Hassan SP Rahul Kumar Shahapurwad, Mandya SP Radhika and other officers were present.