Summary:
CHANDIGARH: In its initiative to clean the policing system on the ground, the Punjab Police, in its new transfer policy has made it mandatory for SHOs and munshis not to continue at the same police station for more than three years.Several questions have been raised even by the Punjab cabinet ministers on the alleged nexus of the SHOs, munshis and other staff posted at police stations with drug smugglers. In case an upper subordinate has competed 12 years in a range as upper subordinate, he or she shall be transferred to another range. It has also been made clear that no police personnel shall remain posted in the same district after registration of a criminal case against him or her in the district. The range IG or DIG concerned would immediately post such an official to another district in the range.However, the DGP has cleared in the transfer policy that he can grant exemption from the instructions issued in the new transfer policy in exception cases on written requests from the SSP or the commissioner of police concerned. Also, no officer below the rank of a regular inspector or sub inspector can be appointed as SHO.According to the policy, upper subordinates which include inspectors, sub inspectors and assistant sub inspectors, who have completed eight years in a district as upper subordinates would be transferred to another districts within a range by the range IG or the DIG concerned..