CHANDIGARH: Underlining zero tolerance towards gangsterism, Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann on Friday asked the anti-gangster task force (AGTF) “to stamp out gangsters from the state in order to repose people’s full faith and confidence in the law and order machinery”.
While chairing a meeting with the newly constituted AGTF team, led by DGP V K Bhawra, Mann asked the AGTF chief to formulate standing order (SO) for its effective functioning demarcating its role, functions and responsibilities within a week. Mann also emphasised the need to intensify efforts for interstate coordination for ensuring coordinated and effective action to curb the terror unleashed by the gangsters with a heavy hand.
He authorised the AGTF to utilise the services of state special operation cells (SSOCs) at Mohali, Amritsar and Fazilka, in addition to the services offered by the 361 police stations across the state. He reiterated the government’s commitment to wipe out the menace of gangsterism from the state that was a slur on the peaceful state like Punjab, adding he said AGTF would be absolutely empowered with requisite manpower, advanced technology, vehicles and adequate funds.
