Bhubaneswar, Feb 28: In view of the forthcoming general and assembly elections, a state-level coordination meeting with different enforcement agencies of the state was held today under the chairmanship of Chief Secretary Pradeep Kumar Jena at Lok Seva Bhawan here.
In the meeting held, the Chief Secretary stressed on taking strong action against the violators of law in a concerted effort to ensure that there is no law and order situation arises due to drug abuse, illegal drug trafficking and illegal arms trade during elections.
The raids will be carried out in coordination with the police department, excise department, forest department, commercial tax department. A strict vigil will be maintained at inter-state borders and police check posts by the police.
A total of 118 police check posts along the Odisha border will be closely monitored in different districts of the state. Smuggling of intoxicants such as liquor, ganja, bhang etc. will be strictly stopped. In the meeting, information was provided by the police department about various narcotics raids conducted before the elections in different non-election years.
In the meeting, among others, Additional Chief Secretary Home Deo Ranjan Kumar Singh, ACS Revenue, FE&CC Department Satyabrata Sahu, ACS G&PG Department Surendra Kumar, DGP Arun Kumar Sarangi, Principal Secretary Finance, Vishal Kumar Dev, Principal Secretary, I&PR Department Sanjay Kumar Singh, PCCF Wildlife Sushant Nanda, Transport Commissioner Amitabh Thakur and Excise Commissioner were present and participated in the discussion.
