Punjab CM okays reward policy for inputs on drugs under NDPS Act
Punjab War on Drugs: Punjab Chief Minister Captain Amarinder Singh on Wednesday approved a Reward Policy to encourage information and inputs leading to the recovery of drugs under the NDPS Act.
He termed it an important step towards motivating people to play a proactive role in helping the government in cracking down on drug smugglers and traffickers.
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The Reward policy will recognise Government servants, informers, sources for their role in providing inputs leading to the recovery of the substantial quantity of drugs and in the successful implementation of various provisions of the Narcotic Drugs And Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and PIT NDPS Act, 1988, according to Punjab DGP, Dinkar Gupta.
The quantum of reward for successful investigation, prosecution, forfeiture of illegally acquired property, preventive detention, and other significant anti-drug work shall be decided on a case-to-case basis.
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The decision is in line with the suggestion mooted by the DGP for instituting such a policy during the February 23 meeting chaired by Captain Amarinder Singh to review the status of his Punjab's ‘War on Drugs’.
Persons eligible for the reward under the policy would include informers whose information leads to seizure of narcotics drugs/ psychotropic substances/controlled substances and forfeiture of illegally acquired property under Chapter V-A of NDPS Act, 1985.
Gupta clarified that Government officers/ officials would normally be eligible for 50% of the maximum reward. The rewards in excess of this limit may be considered only in cases where the government officer/official has exposed himself/herself to a great personal hazard or displayed exemplary courage, commendable initiative, or resourcefulness of an extraordinary nature or where his/her personal efforts have been mainly responsible for the detection of a case of seizure.
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