Its business not policing: Known for scripting internal conspiracies and fiscal gains, senior police officer misuses his position barefacedly; SDPOs openly support bovine smuggling mafia; Question mark over SPOs selection process
SALIL RAINA
(POONCH TODAY NEWS)
POONCH/JAMMU: A senior police officer posted in a high-profile area of the Jammu division has become a dictator within the department, as he shifted nearly 45% of his personal staff members who were holding important positions belonging to the same district and brought staff from his own areas to occupy the same important positions in his office, eyeing fiscal favors, thereby completely introducing acts of open favoritism. 
The said police officer, with the help of his two SDPOs, has been openly supporting the bovine smuggling mafia for a long time and has made huge fortunes. One of his SDPOs is so shrewd that he took the lead in the posting of a police official from his jurisdiction to another jurisdiction, which is known for bovine smuggling near the highway, as the huge revenue generated from the same area goes to the boss through his two trustworthy SDPOs. During his tenure, the bovine smuggling and drug mafia flourished a lot, and the scuttlebutt around the district was that the officer in the limelight had openly introduced dishonesty in his official activities without caring for any action from his top bosses. He was also taken to task for not forming good relations with civil administration and the army. This officer is so expert in hatching conspiracies that he played a key role in defaming a top civil officer during sensitive hours through his touts in the media. He is known in the department for playing internal conspiracies against his own subordinates and senior officers with the sole agenda of hitting monetary gains. The said police officer has diminished the reputation of J&K police in the concerned area. He has demonstrated complete intolerance towards his local employees in the office who were holding important positions and has openly brought in police officials from his own area to fill important positions, aiming to secure easy financial gains from every possible source. He even brought a contractor from his area and managed to settle a big deal by using him related to civil work in his jurisdiction. In fact, in every civil and related work under his jurisdiction, he has a considerable share by forming good relations with the concerned departmental officials. His intolerance level is so high that many of the employees who are not liked by him got booted from his office and were replaced by his men. He was also seen having different opinions with his seniors on various issues and has created groups within the police. Due to lobby culture in the police of the said area, one of the two SDPOs takes undue benefits of his closeness with his boss and uses it fully to hit financial gains every now and then by not taking action against bovine and drug mafias. This issue has become the talk of the town, where even a rehri wala was seen saying, “Yeh police department mein kya ho raha hai. Koi poochne wala nahi hai.” The officer in question was also accused of playing a huge role in the backdoor selection of SPOs without any notification and a transparent selection process in which his two SDPOs reportedly have played a big fiscal role behind the curtains. This illegal exercise conducted silently has demoralized the morale of hundreds of unemployed youth who were looking for an opportunity to join the department after going through a transparent recruitment process, but the SPOs recruitment has come under big radar, as the said process was completed without adopting a transparent process by the said officer with the help of his two trusted SDPOs, for which an inquiry is needed. The most shocking factor is that during his tenure, anti-social and anti-national forces started raising their heads in the area, and this issue has raised a big question mark on his silent intentions. Highly placed sources told “POONCH TODAY” the said officer has introduced a favoritism ideology in his personal office, which was never seen in several years, and if these acts are not controlled, then it’s an alarming sign for the reputation of this esteemed institution of J&K police, as the people will lose faith in the institution of justice. A senior political figure of the area who remained in an important position, pleading anonymity, said, “He has silently supported the forces inimical to peace as some people tried their best to disturb the internal peace of the area, but the police officer silently supported them by not taking action as per the law, and it’s a big question mark on him from an internal security point of view. During his tenure, indirect support was also given to the bovine and drug mafia in lieu of hefty fiscal favors. I don’t know who is supporting him on this post.” Similarly, another political heavyweight openly said on record that huge malpractices were carried out in the backdoor recruitments of SPOs. ” “POONCH TODAY” is in possession of some solid proof that clearly justified the statements of high-profile political figures against the said police officer. His public image is poor, and only a few individuals who frequently associate with influential figures praise him, primarily for their own financial gain and other types of self-interest. His intentions are not good for this esteemed institution of J&K police, as his acts of playing internal conspiracies against his seniors and subordinate staff have become talk of the area. Moreover, on the terrorism front also, his performance also remained a big zero. Most of the time during his tenure, he was seen playing conspiracies everywhere with the sole agenda of hitting monetary gains with the help of his two shrewd SDPOs. He has completely brought the reputation of J&K police to an extreme low with his unusual tricks of the trade. The way he shifted local staff and brought his own staff from other areas, in addition to playing internal conspiracies against his juniors and seniors in the department and supporting the bovine mafia, shows that he played his innings successfully with a high fiscal strike rate, but a million-dollar question is who has given full backing to this police officer who is heading an important area completely ignoring his juniors and seniors? As the said officer has indulged in huge malpractices within the department, it shows that he was doing business only and not policing. It is high time for the top bosses of the police to intervene in the issue and take him to task for demolishing the integrity of the elite force of J&K police with his unprincipled practices.