Police Commissionerate system will be introduced in capital

Arunachal Pradesh Chief Minister Pema Khandu on Wednesday said the Police Commissionerate system will be introduced in the state capital complex to improve the law and order situation.

Once the commissionerate system is introduced in the state capital, there would be a visible change in the law and order situation within a year, the chief minister said.

"The commissionerate system will enable effective policing in a capital complex area such as Itanagar, which is growing at a fast pace with diverse culture living side by side," Khandu said at the all-party meeting which was convened by him to discuss the commissionerate system.

"Itanagar-Naharlagun is the face of our state. So it is necessary to maintain peace and order in the capital complex to achieve meaningful development," he said, according to an official communique.

Home Minister Bamang Felix said the new system will provide better accountability as responsibility will be fixed directly on the police department ...