Director General of Jharkhand Police MV Rao visited Dhanbad on Monday and held a meeting with senior police officers to review the law and order situation and discuss ways to improve crime control scenario in the district.

Talking to the media before the meeting, Rao dismissed charges of deteriorating law and order situation in the state levelled by opposition parties. He said isolated incidents can’t be used for effective assessment.

When asked about recent incidents of crime against women, especially those of rape and murder in Dumka and Sahebaganj, Rao said, “ Police is working on every case with all earnestness - be it rape, extortion, or attempts to disrupt communal harmony - and will make arrests as soon as possible.

“As policemen under government service, we can’t make political comments. But, what we can say with conviction is that we are making all attempts to control all kinds of crime like we were doing earlier. Yet some people are analyzing things through different prisms, to which we have nothing to say as they are entitled to their opinions,” Rao said.

“Police always act as per the law and no attempt to create disturbance will be tolerated, and those attempting to create disturbance will be dealt with firmly,” he added.

When asked about resource constraints of Dhanbad police, he said, “We will be trying our level best to improve the resource availability for the police force in Dhanbad”.

Earlier, after landing at Barwaddah air strip via helicopter, the DGP was presented with guard of honour by policemen. Senior police officials led by SSP Aseem Vikrant Minz and others welcomed him.