National anthem, oath-taking mark crime review meeting
BARMER SP SAID FROM NOW ON EVERY POLICE MEETING IN THE DISTRICT WILL BE STARTED WITH RECITAL OF NATIONAL ANTHEM,
BARMER: National anthem was sung during a crime review meeting in Barmer on Saturday, police officials said. Police officials presented at the meeting also repeated the oath which they had taken at the time of joining of service.
Devaram Choudhary, circle officer in Barmer, said, “I have been attending crime review meetings for the past 20 years but I witnessed it for the first time that a crime review meeting started with singing of national anthem. It was a new but an amazing experience.”
Newly appointed Barmer superintendent of police Sharad Choudhary is the man behind this innovation. Choudhary said that it was his own personal innovation. “Without emotional connection, one cannot do anything,” he said. Explaining this, he said, “A mother and a son are two separate human bodies but there is emotional bonding which connects them and create a bonding between them with commitments.”
Choudhary added, “I personally believe that we cannot do anything in our life without emotion. With this attempt I tried to create an emotional connect with my team expecting that it will help them in doing better policing without distraction.” He said that from now every police meeting in the district will be started with recital of national anthem, which will be followed by oath-taking.
During t he meeting, SP directed police officials to disposal of pending cases. He also directed them to maintain profiling of the people who are creating hurdles for private companies to work in the region.
Inspector general of police, Jodhpur range, Sachin Mittal, who was in Barmer to investigate a case, attended the meeting for a short period and issued directions to police officials.