POLICE COMMISSIONER LUDHIANA ISSUES VARIOUS BAN ORDERS

Ludhiana, September 18, 2018: Commissioner of Police Dr Sukhchain Singh Gill on Tuesday has issued various prohibitory orders to maintain the law and order in the city. Exercising the powers vested under Section 144, Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the police commissioner ordered that no person would cover face while driving or walking in the limit of the city police.

He said that Anti-social elements usually cover their faces while committing the crimes to save themselves from being identified, and it becomes difficult for the police to trace them. Those having any kind of allergy or illness will be exempted.

He has also issued orders for the shopkeepers to keep a record of buyers of army print clothes and uniforms under Section 144 of the CrPC. The city police chief told that it has been found that shopkeepers do not keep a record of the sale of army print clothes and uniforms. Offenders can disturb law and order situation or commit a crime in the city by wearing army, paramilitary uniforms, he added.

The police commissioner has ordered the shopkeepers to ask for a photograph, identification proof and mobile numbers of the buyers. The shopkeepers will have to submit the record of sale to police stations concerned. He said that these orders will last over the next two months.

The city police chief has also banned unauthorised use of sticker or logo related to 'police', 'Army', 'VIP', 'On Government Duty' and Any Department’s name on the private vehicles. Further, the Police Commissioner has also prohibited the shopkeepers to encroach the outside area of their shops and road/footpath to sell the eatables and other items.

These orders would remain in force for next two months.