Haryana to have HRCOCA to deal with organised crime: Khattar
Chandigarh: Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal on Thursday announced that Haryana Control of Organized Crime Act (HRCOCA) will soon be enacted by the State on the pattern of Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) 1999 to tighten noose around those involved in the organized crime, gangsterism and drugs smuggling.
Manohar Lal was speaking at the 2nd Regional Conference on Drug Menace Challenges and Strategies hosted by Punjab here on Thursday.
Punjab Chief Minister, Capt. Amarinder Singh, Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat, Advisor to Governor Jammu and Kashmir, K.K Sharma and senior most officers representing Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh were also present in the meeting.
It may be recalled that on the initiative of Chief Minister Manohar Lal the first Regional Conference of Chief Ministers on the issue of Drug Menace, Challenges and Strategies was organised here on August 20, 2018. Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Jai Ram Thakur offered to host the next Regional Conference in Shimla.
Manohar Lal said the drug is a social problem and not confined to a particular state. He urged all the Northern States to work together by rising above the consideration of border and boundaries for the eradication of this menace from the society.
The Chief Minister said that multi-level arrangement should be made to resolve the problem of youth whether it is personal problem, family or any other problem that plunge them into habit of drugs. Besides keeping a check on the supply of intoxicants, efforts should be made to crackdown the supply chain. For this, there should be a common database of smugglers or traders as lot of money is involved in this business which works as a regulator for the terrorists group of countries like Afghanistan and Pakistan. In some cases, the State Police has also arrested few Nigerians in Gurugram who were found involved in drug smuggling, he added.
