Two Station House Officers, including Inspector Umesh Bala of the new all-women Police Station, have been suspended for their performance “not being up-to-the-mark”.
The action was taken after the performance audit of all SHOs at a crime meeting here on Wednesday.
“The performance of the two SHOs was not found up-to-the-mark, therefore, they have been suspended and transferred to Police Lines and new officials posted in their place,” said Gurgaon Police Commissioner Navdeep Virk.
Those suspended include Inspector Bijender Singh, SHO Sec 5 Police Station and Bala. In their place, Inspector Shailender Additional, SHO, Badshahpur Police Station and Sub-Inspector Kailash Devi, have been posted respectively.
Inspector Jagdish Parshad, SHO, Manesar Police Station; Inspector Ashok Kumar, SHO, Sec 29 Police Station and Inspector Sube Singh, SHO, Udyog Vihar Police Station who will be suitable rewarded for their good performance.
The SHOs from Gurgaon’s all 25 police stations submitted statistics of crime rate under their respective jurisdiction in the meeting. The last such meeting on crime was held three months ago. But this time, the commissioner decided to take action against poor performance.
“We always choose the best performers and appreciate their efforts. But this time, we also chose the worst performer and punished them. This will make the SHOs improve the functioning of their police stations and maintain law and order in their areas,” said Mr. Virk.