‘Junior Investigation Officer project yielded positive results’
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It aimed at training head constables, ASIs in investigation techniques
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It aimed at training head constables, ASIs in investigation techniques
Junior Investigation Officer(JIO) project, launched for the first time in the country in Prakasam to enhance professionalism of head constables(HCs) and assistant sub-inspectors(ASIs), has yielded positive results, noted Additional Director General of Police(Training) N. Sanjay.
As part of the project, police personnel at the grassroots level are given training in techniques required during investigations, such as collecting the evidence at the crime scene or recording the witness’s statement under section Cr.PC. 161 or drawing a rough sketch of the crime scene. Prakasam Superintendent of Police Siddharth Kaushal took the initiative to train a batch of 456 HCs and ASIs in October 2019.
Repoll at Penugodu as ballot box falls into water body
Amid the poll boycott call by the main opposition Telugu Desam Party, elections to the Mandal and Zilla Parishad Territorial Constituencies were held in a peaceful manner in south coastal Andhra Pradesh on Thursday.
About 51% of the voters exercised their franchise in the polls held in Nellore and Prakasam districts, in strict adherence to COVID-19 protocols in the wake of spurt in cases in the region.
In Nellore district, 51.87% of 13.38 lakh voters exercised their franchise. The polling percentage in Prakasam district was put at 50.88%, the officials said.
Braving the scorching heat, people, wearing face masks and maintaining social distance, waited in queues at polling stations as the health workers scanned their body temperature with thermal scanners. The voters were also provided with hand sanitiser to clean their hands before they were allowed to the booths.
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Nellore Collector oversees the process through webcasting
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Lensmen helping an old woman cast her vote during the elections in Ongole on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: KOMMURI SRINIVAS
Nellore Collector oversees the process through webcasting
Amid tight security, civic polls were held in a peaceful manner fully adhering to COVID-19 guidelines, in the 11 urban local bodies in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh on Wednesday.
The polling started on a dull note at 7.00 a.m. and picked up pace later in the day in the districts of Nellore and Prakasam. Officials said 75.51% of the voters exercised their franchise in Prakasam district. Addanki witnessed the highest poll percentage of 83.04% and Giddalur the lowest at 67.92%. The poll percentage was 81.4% in Chikamukurthi, 75.57% in Ongole, 75.60% in Chirala, 71.22% in Markapur and 76.25% in Kanigiri.
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The high-pitched campaigning for the civic polls to 11 urban local bodies in South Coastal Andhra Pradesh ended on Monday evening.
As many as 119 candidates are in the fray in 48 wards going to polls in Atmakur, Venkatagiri, Naidupeta and Sullurpeta in SPSR Nellore district, where 52 candidates have been elected uncontested.
In Prakasam district, 174 candidates are trying their electoral fortunes in 724 wards in the civic bodies of Ongole, Markapur, Chirala, Addanki, Chimakurthy, Giddalur and Kanigiri, where 24 aspirants have already been elected unopposed.
While the ruling party highlighted the host of welfare schemes implemented by Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy during the campaign, the Telugu Desam Party promised to waive property and water tax arrears and also reduce the tax by 50%. The TDP also promised to reopen the popular Anna canteens.
Prakasam police win over voters
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SP takes lead by visiting remote villages and instilling confidence among marginalised sections
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Prakasam SP Siddharth Kaushal interacting with an elderly voter at a polling station in Devrajagattu, near Pedaraveedu, during the last phase of gram panchayat elections in Prakasam district on Sunday.
SP takes lead by visiting remote villages and instilling confidence among marginalised sections
Prakasam police endeared themselves to voters by extending all possible assistance to exercise their franchise in the fourth and last phase of gram panchayat elections held in Markapur revenue division in Prakasam district on Sunday.