Journey restrictions for CID sleuths

To make sure the protection of police personnel, the Director-Normal of the Prison Investigation Division (CID) has introduced in new guidelines to limit his officers from night-time journey whereas on obligation.

The choice was taken in mild of the latest accident by which three individuals — a PSI, a constable hooked up to the Shivajinagar station, and the driving force of the cab they had been travelling by — had been killed and two folks injured whereas pursuing an accused in an NDPS case in Andhra Pradesh.

As per the brand new guidelines, officers of all of the CID items have been restricted from travelling between 10 p.m. and 6 a.m. whereas on official obligation. The unit heads have been instructed to implement the order.

As per the Nationwide Crime Information Bureau statistics, as many as 427 police personnel had been killed in highway accidents whereas on official obligation throughout the nation since 2021 and an equal variety of them had been injured, a police officer mentioned.