SHILLONG: Meghalaya’s Director General of Police , SB Singh who retired from the services on Tuesday asked the State police not to lower its guard and keep performing besides serving the people of the state.
Talking to media persons on the last day of his services, Singh said that Meghalaya Police had been in the thick of things whether it was combating militancy or tackling law and order situation.
“The Meghalaya Police has come a long way and it has taken on militancy and also achieved tremendous success,” Singh said
Singh who is an IPS officer from 1986 batch of Assam-Meghalaya cadre, also said that he would now give more time to his family.
It may be mentioned that Dr Swaraj Bir Singh was given extension of three months after his superannuation earlier this year.
Asking the young police officers to keep performing and live up to the expectations of the police, he asserted that the battle with militancy had been fought from a very long time and police could contain the militants with the combination of different forces of the police including SOT, SF-10, senior officers and the young officers who participated in the operations against the militants
When asked if the militant groups including HNLC are trying to re-group, the outgoing DGP said that some elements of HNLC were staying in Bangladesh but they were ineffective and they had been contained
Stating that Bangladesh Government does not support any unlawful activities, he said that the activities of HNLC was not of any concern.
On modernization of the state police, Singh said that Meghalaya Police had more mobility now and there was a lot of difference as far as communication was concerned. He, however, stressed on the need to have more modernization as far as investigation process was concerned.
