Arwal’s Kurtha police station adjudged state’s best ‘thana’

PATNA: It was a big moment for the officers and other personnel of Kurtha police station in Maoist-hit Arwal district when it was adjudged the state’s best “thana” and listed among 10 best police stations in the country.
Station house officer (SHO) of Kurtha police station Dinesh Bahadur Singh was honoured with the certificate of ‘Best Police Station, 2020’ by DGP Sanjeev Kumar Singhal here on Thursday.The certificate had been issued by the Union ministry of home affairs (MHA).
Kurtha police station was selected for the award from among the 16,000 police stations in the country where an MHA team conducted a survey in November last year. Gandhi Maidan police station in Patna and Dhanarua police station in rural Patna were also in the race.
However, the feedback received from the people about policing, response time after an incident of crime, behaviour with visitors, sanitation, toilets, police barracks and above all people’s perception about the police left other police stations behind in the race.
Finally, Kurtha police station, which was witness to a series of massacres in the late 90s, bagged the award. The message was conveyed to the senior police officers of the state police headquarters by the MHA a couple of days ago.
SHO Singh said teamwork led to this achievement for the police station. He said the award has inspired each staff of the police station to try and improve their performance.
Arun Kumar, who earlier officiated as incharge of the Kurtha police station, recalled that there was a time when no police officer would want to be posted there due to Maoist activities.