Ludhiana: When the explosion shook the Ludhiana court complex, killing one person and injured 6 others, on Thursday, the incident raised serious questions about security in the complex.
A number of advocates reveal deep concerns with security systems in the complex and want a better system to be applied with direct effects.
“There are around eight points in the field, from only three places have a metal detector.
There are around 15 to 20 police deployed here and we have a police post too.
It is the police duty to provide security.
There are people who are deployed on the entry of the justice complex , but not on the entry of five other points from the lawyer’s room complex that is connected to the judicial complex, “said DBA Gurkirpal President Singh Gill.
He indicates that there is a need to improve security in the complex and they will solve it.
Advocates want to strengthen the security system in the complex.
“Today’s incident has brought focus on security in the court complex and there must be a need to fix it because it does not match the sign.
There must be more metal detectors and scanners to check who brings what is in the complex because the examination is not done correctly In place.
Although there is a CCTV camera on the ground floor of the building, such a camera must be on all floors, “said Amit Tandon, an advocate in the district court.
The advocates say that security must be there at all points out and in.
“There are 12 points out in the district court complex, but there is a security deployment only at four points such that is not enough.
For better security in court, there is a need to strengthen the system so that the incident does not occur in the future,” said Advocate Manu Curienced Many advocates request not to be named to say even at the dots where the police were deployed, the police did not examine a number of visitors so that anti-social elements could enter the complex easily.
Meanwhile, police authorities said they included the judiciary complex gate.
Sukhpal Singh ASI, the police post is responsible, saying he has two policemen in the post and gets eight police from the police line every day who do the task from 8am to 5pm.
He added he had written to a higher authority for more staff.
ASI said they covered the four court gates, but indicated that they did not cover the gate of the lawyer complex.
He said they checked visitors and did not let people carry bags with them.