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Advani calls for people-friendly policing

By Our Staff Reporter

HYDERABAD Nov. 2. The Deputy Prime Minister, L.K. Advani, has called for people-friendly policing as the police are meant not just to maintain law and order but protect the property and person of every individual.

Speaking after reviewing the passing out parade of the 55th batch of IPS probationers at the SVP National Police Academy here on Sunday, Mr. Advani said development and security were complementary to each other. One without the other was purposeless.

The progress achieved in the past 55 years by the country demonstrated its commitment to development in which the security forces played an important role.

Stating that there was no place for terrorism in a developing country, Mr. Advani said more people were killed in Pakistan-sponsored cross-border terrorism than those in a war.

The authorities broke the convention of organising the parade on October 31, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, this time since Mr. Advani was to visit Karamsad in Gujarat, the native village of Patel, that day to be present on the occasion of Patel's grandson, Bipin Bhai Patel, surrendering the Bharat Ratna award of Patel to a trust being run in his memory.

Mr. Advani was all praise for the three-and-a-half year stint of Patel as Home Minister and Deputy Prime Minister immediately after independence. There were 500 princely States but these were annexed to the Indian Union later only when Patel was the Minister. He said the Nawab of Junagadh had put up stiff resistance but he too had to surrender.

Mr. Advani said an integrated India in the face of British designs to divide it was possible only due to Patel.

The academy Director, Ganeshwar Jha, in his report said it was intended to develop the academy into a centre of excellence in the study of public order management.

Thirtythree trainees, including six women and two officers of the Royal Bhutan police, passed out on the occasion. Mr. Advani presented medals and trophies to trainees and some others. He gave away the Prime Minister's baton and the Home Ministry's revolver for the best all-round IPS probationer to A. Subramanyeswara Rao of the Karnataka cadre who also commanded the parade.

The academy Deputy Director, A. Hemachandran, an IPS officer of Kerala cadre, was presented the Indian police medal for meritorious service.

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