Cops in Punjab-Haryana-Rajasthan border points to join hands

Muktsar: Police departments of the bordering districts of Punjab, Haryana and Rajasthan have decided to join hands to fight the menace of drug smuggling and to catch inter-state criminals.
The decision was taken at a meeting of police officers of the three states in Badal village of Muktsar district.
"We visited the inter-state borders jointly at Kandu Khera border, where one side is Rajasthan, other side Haryana and another side is Punjab.We have chalked out a strategy to nab criminals, especially the inter-state drug smugglers," said Nirmal Singh Dhillon, IG, Bathinda range.
The meeting was attended by superintendents of police from Sirsa and Fatehabad in Haryana and SSP of Sri Ganganagar and Hanumangarh in Rajasthan, SSPs of Bathinda, Mansa, Muktsar, Fazilka, Abohar and Ferozepur.
Officials also agreed to share information about hardcore criminals, especially drug peddlers, active directly or indirectly in drug peddling or other crimes.
The three districts of Malwa, including Mansa, have about 45 km, Bathinda 40 km and Fazilka 60 km border, touching Haryana and Rajasthan.
In the border areas, police have identified over 50 points where borders of the three states touch each other. "Four points in Muktsar, 18 points in Mansa and 26 points in Fazilka have been identified." Dhillon added.
"It has also been decided to hold simultaneous joint nakabandis to identify and cut supply routes of drug gangs, check buses, trains and other escape routes of criminals and smugglers in each state and also hold joint operations to arrest drug peddlers," said Dhillon.
"Soon a meeting of concerned SHOs of the area will be held to start working at the ground level. It has also been decided that crime co-ordination meetings will be held every quarter," the IG added.