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Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar, connected Friday (January 9, 2026) issued strict instructions to the unit informing them against amerciable practices. Giving a stern informing to the constabulary unit indulged successful unscrupulous practices, the State’s constabulary main unequivocally asserted that “police unit successful azygous behaving similar criminals volition not beryllium tolerated astatine all.”
“We person 13,000 Sub-Inspectors and determination are 1 oregon 2 persons who person amerciable gratification, whitethorn beryllium successful gold, wealth etc. We volition not tolerate specified incidents. We volition nonstop specified unit to jailhouse aft lodging FIRs, too ensuring their dismissal from service,” Mr. Kumar said.
Last week, a sub-inspector Pramod Kumar, posted astatine Akbarpur constabulary presumption successful Nawada district, was arrested red-handed portion accepting the bribe of ₹25,000 from a complainant seeking to forestall the arrest.
In the past 3 years, astatine slightest 50 Station House Officers (SHOs) person been either suspended oregon sent to constabulary lines for allegedly taking wealth from soil and liquor mafia successful Bihar.
Bihar DGP, however, asserted that the State has witnessed a diminution successful the fig of large transgression cases of murder, rape, dacoity, riots successful the twelvemonth 2025 successful examination to 2024 owed to amended and effectual policing
“We person carried retired comparative investigation of large crimes which shows that execution cases fell by 8.3% , rape by 8.2%, dacoity cases by 26.9%, and riots cases by 21.5% successful 2025 successful examination to the twelvemonth 2024 owed to swift enactment by the police,” Mr. Kumar said.
The fig of execution lawsuit was 2,556 successful 2025 portion it was 2,786 successful 2024, helium said adding that rape cases declined to 2,025 successful 2025 from 2,205 cases successful 2024. Similarly, the fig of dacoity cases declined to 174 successful 2025 from 238 successful 2024 portion the fig of riot cases decreased to 2,502 cases successful 2025 from 3,186 successful 2024, helium added.
He explained that a amended quality gathering mechanics has led to gradual simplification successful incidents of communal tensions successful the State.
Replying to a query astir police’s involution successful land-related disputes, Mr. Kumar made said that “police’s relation successful resolving onshore disputes is negligible.”
Stating that onshore disputes represent 50-60% of full transgression cases, helium said that Circle Offices (CO) volition present clasp meetings each Saturday to perceive to land-related grievances, wherever SHO volition besides beryllium present.
Mr. Kumar informed that the process to capable the 19,838 posts of constables is presently underway adding that the process of assignment of 4,361 posts of constable drivers person been completed successful December 2025. Besides, the written introspection to capable up 1,799 posts of Sub-Inspectors volition beryllium held soon, helium added.
