Earlier this week, Assam Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi had said around 40,000 posts were lying vacant in different departments under the state government that would be filled up within next six months. The Education department has highest number of vacancies, followed by the police.
When asked about police-citizen relationship in the state, Choudhury said “We have taken many steps, but still there is a lot to be done. In this direction, we will start a citizens portal, in which people can directly write to us with their complaints, besides giving us feedback for improvement.”
The portal, which is being developed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs, is likely to go live by next month. The police department is also giving soft skill training to its personnel for improving their behaviour while dealing with the public, he said.
To further boost the relationship with the civil society,a national debate competition and a national quiz competition is being organised later this month to celebrate the Assam Police Day, Choudhury said.
When asked about syndicate in food items, the DGP said “We have broken once such cartel recently. We thought that market force would come up after that. However, it did not and the cartelisation is happening again in almost every food items like fish, egg that are coming from outside Assam.” On terrorism, Choudhury said Assam police will strengthen its operations against the National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) cadres across various places in the state.
