ISLAMABAD: Three police stations including Sangjani, Phulgran and Kirpa were made operational with resources, manpower and buildings of other police stations, Dawn has learnt.

Police of ficers said that the three police stations were notified with the objective to reduce the burden of other police stations like Bhara Kahu, Koral and Tarnol respectively.

On Monday night, inspectors Shamsul Akbar, Nasir Manzoor and Imran Haider had been appointed as SHOs of Sangjani, Phulgran and Kirpa.

All three police stations were made operational and resources and manpower were provided to them after slashingavailable resources and manpower of other police stations, the officers said, adding that police stations were estabhshed to reduce the burden of other police stations, but it makes no difference.

Due to unavailability of infrastructure (building), manpower and resources, the same were cut short from other police stations and given to them, they added.

On Tuesday, one of the police stations, Phulgran, was made operational in Bhara Kahu police station, while Kirpa and Sangjani were made operational on Wednesday at Koral and Tarnol police stations, police said, adding that af ter the inauguration station clerks (Muharrar) for the police stations were also appointed.Besides, two rooms each Bhara Kahu, Koral and Tarnol police station were reserved for SHOs and station clerks of the Phulgran, Kirpa and Sagjani police station respectively, they said, adding that 25 registers were also issued to the station clerks as per the Police Rules 1934.

A vehicle each was also issued to the SHOs of the three police stations for of ficial work, they said, adding that the arsenal of the Bhara Kahu, Koral and Tarnol were also divided between Phulgran, Kirpa and Sangjani respectively.

Therecord andcases ofthe areasthat falls in the vicinities of these three police stations was handed over to its station clerk from Bhara Kahu, Koral and Tarnol.Manpower of 21 officials, including two SIs and five ASIs from the Bhara Kahu police station was given to Phulgran SHO, to make the police station operational, they said, adding that strength of 47 of ficials has been given to Kirpa police station, including four SIs and 10 ASIs.

The Kirpa police station registered its first case shortly after becoming operational, over a scuf fle in the area of Satra Meel, the of ficers said.

Senior officers asked the SHOs of Sangjani, Phulgran and Kirpa to rent buildings in areas for the police stations.

In April 2015, Faizabad police station was notified along with Karachi Company and Shams Colony but the police station exists only on papers.