Chandigarh Police made Special arrangements for law & order in the City in view of forthcoming Independence Day
Keeping in view of Independence Day-2018, Chandigarh Police is regularly conducting various checking exercises to avoid any untoward incident in the city. The various operations are undertaken by Chandigarh Police for the maintenance of law & order and also for the purpose of safety and security of citizens.
As per the orders of Deputy Commissioner UT Chandigarh U/S 144 Cr.P.C. every hotel/guest house/sarai/dharamshala are bound to maintain the records of visitors with ID proofs etc. and to provide the information to the local police. Any breach of this order would invite action under section 188 of the Indian Penal Code. Cases U/S 188 IPC are being registered against the hotel owners who are not abiding the above law and strict action against the violators is being taken on regular basis by Chandigarh Police.
Today, Chandigarh Police conducted surprise checking at Hotels, Guest Houses, Sarai’s, Dharamshala’s and heavy foot-fall areas to keep check on movements of anti-social elements and criminals in the city. A special vigilance has been made at these places as these may not become hideouts for the suspects. The staffs of hotel, guest house have been briefed by police officials and instructed to keep record of visitors and also provide list of visitors to Police Stations on daily basis. Total 98 Hotels, 53 Guest Houses, 4 Sarai, 14 Dharamshala were checked. About 3500 persons were checked and verified at different places in the city Chandigarh. Stranger rolls are being issued in various police stations for the strangers in the city. Sub-division wise data is as under:-
| Sub-division | Nos of Hotels Checked | Nos of Guest House sChecked | Nos of Sarai Checked | Nos of Dharamshala’s checked |
| Central | 30 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| East | 16 | 48 | 1 | 8 |
| South | 52 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
This drive being conducted under directions of senior officers issued to all the SDPOs/SHOs of police stations in their respective areas. These special drives are being conducted by Police Stations staff under the close supervision of SDPOs and SHOs. All the SDPOs & SHOs have been briefed about the safety, security of citizens especially Women & Children and maintenance of law & order in their respective jurisdictions.
Such types of exercises will be continued.
