NAWANSHAHR: To give out a strong message to the anti social elements as well as to instill confidence among the masses, DC Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa and SSP Bhagirath Singh Meena led a massive flag march comprising of armed district police and CAPF contingents.
Starting from old SSP office, the march covered the old city from railway road to Arya Samaj Road, Gurdwara Manji Sahib, Garshankar Road, Mehndipur, Kulam Road to Chandigarh Chowk, here. Interacting with the media persons before leading the armed forces’ march, the deputy commissioner Randhawa said that the main motive of the flag march was to instill a sense of security and maintenance of law and order among the residents in wake of the action against anti-social elements. He said that the district police led by SSP Bhagirath Singh Meena was taking out flag march continuously for the last three days to create the fear among the anti social elements so that nobody could dare to disturb the peaceful environment in the district. He said that we should not rely over the fake news and support the administration by posing faith in the police force.
SSP Bhagirath Singh Meena while issuing warning to the anti-social elements said that the district police was committed to maintain peace and harmony in the district at every cost. “We are patrolling round the clock to assure the people of our vigilance and presence”, said the SSP by asserting that nobody will be spared if he dares to cause any kind of trouble in the district. He added that the district police had taken 10 suspects under preventive arrest to keep the law and order intact.
In the afternoon, addressing a meeting of peace committee based on the representatives of all the religions, the deputy commissioner Navjot Pal Singh Randhawa while insisting on strengthening social fabric, cautioned the members of the nefarious designs of rumor mongers. Terming social media more effective these days with flooding of the fake and misleading information, he exhorted the society members to cooperate the administration in keeping the district peaceful as usual. He said the people with righteous and rational thoughts should forward the message of the administration across the district.
SSP Bhagirath Singh Meena while addressing the members said that luckily, no law and order problem had arisen in the district so far. Keeping on alert the members of the all strata of the society present in the meeting, he shared important contact numbers of the district police to intimate immediately of the suspicious activity in their surroundings. He said that anyone can share any type of sensitive information or seek clarification about any fake news by dialing district police control room numbers; 95646-95646, 01823-226524 and his personal number 96806-61109 immediately.
Representatives from the society included Lalit Mohan Pathak, Gurcharan Arora, Gopal Sharda, Mohinder Singh Hussainpuri assured the administration of the full cooperation from their side to maintain the hard earned peace of the state.
The officers present in the meeting included ADC (G) Rajiv Verma, SDMs Major Shivraj Singh Bal (Nawanshahr and Banga), Vikramjit Panthey (Balachaur), SP (PBI) Iqbal Singh, Assistant Commissioner (G) Dr Gurleen, DSPs Ranjit Singh Badesha (Nawanshahr), Sarvan Singh Bal (Banga), Davinder Singh (Balachaur) and Lakhvir Singh (Special Branch).