4,000 men and women will be recruited in the Punjab Police force this year

About 4,000 men and women will be recruited in the Punjab Police force this year. The statement was said at a press conference here today, DGP Suresh Arora said henceforth police recruitment would be held every year.

The DGP said solving the target killings of religio-political leaders and maintaining harmony was the highlight of the past year and investigation in remaining cases.

He said the police had arrested 408 gangsters last year. He defended the police action against UK national Jagtar Singh Johal held as the main conspirator in the target killings case.

The police busted eight terrorist modules and arrested 47 persons and seized 43 weapons. Nearly 21 foreign handlers involved in providing logistical and financial support to these terrorist modules had also been identified.

Special Operation Group (SOG), were high priority this year, he added.

Also on the anvil was the implementation of the National Emergency Response System project, with the adoption of Centralised Call Taking and Distributed Dispatch, with a single Emergency Response No 112.

On growing threat of radicalisation on social media, the police intended to have its Facebook, Twitter and YouTube accounts to interact with the citizens. The police would continue its focus on women, with holding zonal women conferences at regular intervals.

-PTC News