DGP rules out booze in state’s police canteens

Oct 21, 2012 |

Hyderabad

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The police canteen in Hyderabad, which will be inaugurated on Sunday on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, will not sell liquor like Army canteens. According to the DGP, Mr V. Dinesh Reddy, this is to discourage cops from drinking.

The state government had sent proposals to the ministry of home affairs for sanction of 25 Central Police Canteens and so far 21 have been sanctioned. Of these, four canteens are already in operation at Visakhapatnam, Kakinada, Warangal and Chittoor.

Proposals are also in place for setting up three more units at AP Police Academy, Guntur and Mahbubnagar.

Heavy discounts at police canteens

In the police canteens that will be opened on Sunday on the occasion of Police Commemoration Day, products of around 212 companies will be available at 20 to 25 per cent discounts. The police department has also requested the government to exempt the canteens from VAT.

Mr Dinesh Reddy said, “To prevent misuse smart cards with information of members and details like purchase limits will be issued.” He said that loans to cops for their daughters’ marriages had been increased from Rs 1.4 lakh to Rs 2 lakh.

Three policemen Lal Reddy, T. Nagendar Singh of Madhapur PS and A. Nagababu, who had been injured while on duty were sanctioned Rs 4.37 lakh from the Flag Fund for purchase of artificial limbs.

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