GUWAHATI: As on February 7, a total of 11046 posts in the Assam police remain vacant, this was revealed in a statement issued by the state government. Among them, 4,139 vacant posts are in unarmed branch stream and 6,907 posts in armed branch stream.
In unarmed branch stream, four posts of additional director general of police, nine posts of inspector general of police, 13 posts of superintendent of police, six posts of additional superintendent of police, 147 posts of deputy superintendent of police, 154 posts of inspector, 803 posts of sub-inspector, 261 posts of assistant sub-inspector, 262 posts of head constable, 86 posts of Naik and 2,394 posts of constables remain vacant as on February 7.
Similarly, in armed branch stream, 26 posts of the inspector, 29 posts of sub-inspector, 25 posts of assistant sub-inspector, 1,103 posts of havildar, 545 posts of Naik, 4,217 posts of constables and 962 posts of fourth-grade staff remain vacant as on February 7.
The statement further stated that the state recorded 1,274 cases of murder, 1,909 cases of rape, 7,651 cases of kidnapping, 155 cases of dacoity, 1,369 cases of robbery, 1,404 cases of extortion, 4,580 cases of burglary, 15,669 cases of theft, 1,098 cases of rioting, 2,214 criminal breach of trust cases, 5,848 cases of cheating and 92 cases of counterfeit during 2018.