The Tribune, Feb., 27, 1999
CM to take up issue with Centre
From Ravi S. Singh
Tribune News Service
GURGAON, Feb 26 - The Haryana Government will take up the issue of law and order with the Centre at a conference of chief ministers of northern states at Surajkund which will be presided over by Union Home Minister L.K. Advani on February 28.
This was stated by Chief Minister Bansi Lal while addressing a meeting of Haryana Vikas Party (HVP) workers here today.
Mr Bansi Lal expressed concern about the rise in crime and urged people to have chowkidars. He asserted the state government was vigilant and would not spare any efforts to book the culprits.
He referred to threat calls being made to certain people and said the miscreants had been identified. According to him, 84 calls were made from Sukhrali village alone, 24 from Sikandarpur and some from Bijwasan and other adjoining areas of Delhi.
He said at the chief ministers' conference, he would try to prevail upon Mr Advani to ensure the registration of the names and addresses of those using mobile phones.
The necessary amendments to the terms and conditions of the contracts with the mobile phone companies would also be suggested by him. The companies operating mobile phones must retain names, addresses and whereabout of the mobile phone owners and users for easy identification, he added.
He also referred to the maniac who had killed several girls in Bahadurgarh and said the police had nabbed the culprit after more than three years. He raised the issue to emphasise that the culprits in connection with crimes in Gurgaon would be nabbed.
Mr Bansi Lal urged the HVP and BJP workers to help the district administration nab the culprits. He said he was a "chowkidar" of the masses.
Without naming Mr Devi Lal, the Chief Minister alleged that the government had conducted itself in a such a way that it emboldened anti-social elements. The culture of violence had its origin in that government, he added.
The utterances of Mr Bansi Lal have come at a time when local residents are in the grip of terror with a state by murders, dacoities, burglaries and thefts.
Recently, there was a burglary at the residence of a former Director-General of Police, Haryana, Mr Kalyan Rudra. Even after he reported the incident to the district police, there was another burglary at his residence after a few days. According to Mr Rudra, when he took up the issue with the district police chief, Mr Khushi Ram Dahiya, the latter told him not to worry about it "insignificant" incidents. Mr Rudra said he was shocked at the response.
Meanwhile a number of businessmen today submitted a joint memorandum to Mr Bansi Lal urging him to simplify the rules for procuring arms licences. They also demanded effective policing here.
Mr Bansi Lal also visited the residence of a couple brutally murdered a few days ago in Sector 17 here.
Earlier, he inaugurated a shopping complex built at a cost of Rs 52 lakh by HUDA in City Centre in Sector 29. He also inaugurated a boosting station in Sector 29 built at a cost of Rs 4 crore.
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