Zero tolerance against crime: Sukhbir Badal

by Punjabnewswire4u

CHANDIGARH, DEC 26

 The Punjab Deputy Chief Minister, Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal, today reiterated the SAD-BJP government’s commitment to “zero tolerance of crime” of any nature in the state, and said that the government would come down with a heavy hand against anyone trying to take law in his or her own hands.

  In a statement here, Mr. Badal, who also holds the Home portfolio, said that the preservation of peace and law and order and the maintenance of the supremacy of the Rule of Law were the highest priorities of his government. “ There are clear instructions that there can no compromise on rule of law or the maintenance of law and order. No one trying to mess with law would be spared, no matter who or how strong he might be. No one is above the law, and anyone who thinks he will come to grief,” said the Deputy Chief Minister.

   Mr. Badal said that in the past nearly six years, there have been three to four “high profile violations of law and order,  and in each case,  we have dealt with it with an iron hand. Be it the Faridkot case or the ASI murder case, the police has acted with exemplary speed and all the accused have been booked, arrested and brought to face the law of the land. Unlike the Congress and its Clean-chit culture to crime,   we spare no one, regardless of who it is. We do not carry clean chits in our pockets. Instead , we carry the law book. ”

  Mr. Badal challenged his opponents to name even one case in which the accused had been allowed to go Scott-free. “Even according to the figures circulated by the agencies of the government of India, Punjab is the most peaceful and least crime-vulnerable state. But we do not deny that law breakers can exist in any society, including here. Then, it is the job of the government to ensure that that there is fear of law in their hearts and that any violation of law is strictly dealt with. We have ensured that without any let-up or exception.”

 Referring to cases crimes against women in other parts of the country, Mr. Badal said that the SAD-BJP government was the first in Punjab to recruit  women in the responsible echelons of police hierarchy. “We are committed to providing absolute security to women folk. That is a part of our up-bringing and we are guided by the values of our culture in this. We do not issue clean chits when cases of molestation of girls come to our notice, as was the case during the Congress government,”: said Mr Sukhbir Singh Badal.

   The Home Minister declared that Punjab will set up a special night force in the police to increase vigil and counter crime.