Nikhil Bhardwaj Tribune News Service Ludhiana August 18 The SHO Jamalpur Inspector Kulwant Singh has been issued a show-cause notice by the Joint Commissioner of Police Rural Sachin Gupta for defying his orders regarding the registration of an FIR against the liquor vends opening till late night. The Joint CP on receiving the complaints of rush of drunk people outside liquor vends on Chandigarh Road had directed the SHO Jamalpur to take an immediate action but he didnt do so following which the JCP himself reached there and got two FIRs registered against the owners of two liquor vends. “On the intervening night of August 17-18 a surprise check on illegally opened liquor vends was conducted on Chandigarh Road. The duty officer from your Jamalpur police station was called on the spot and message was send via wireless to the Control Room and also to yourself and your ACP. You were directed to take legal action on this illegally opened alcohol vendors who has been creating ruckus and security/safety issue for women and families travelling during late night on the main road of the city under your police station. To the utter disgust you have flatly refused to follow the orders of the senior officer stating that liquor vend belongs to your family friend. With this a show-cause notice within 24 hours you shall personally appear before the undersigned with written explanation as why should not you be suspended and recommend that you be dismissed from service for insubordination failure to comply with your senior legal orders failure to check and ensure safe and secure conditions in your police station. Failure to reply shall be interpreted adversely” a show-cause notice of the JCP states. The JCP said first a case was registered against Bajaj and Company liquor vend owner Livtar Singh Gill manager Surinder Singh employees Hira Singh Ram Milan Harman Singh and Kuldeep Singh. This vend was found opened at 11.45 pm on Tuesday night. Another FIR was lodged against Gurminder Singh on the charges of opening liquor vend during late night near Varadhman Chowk.

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