NURMAHAL
The Bilga police are reeling under acute staff shortage. There are only 28 police personnel against a sanctioned strength of 106 personnel.
It has one sanctioned post of inspector which is lying vacant. There are nine posts of assistant sub-inspectors out of which five are vacant.
There are fourteen posts of head constables out of which thirteen are vacant. Eleven senior constables are working in the police station.
Of the 80 posts of constables, 78 are lying vacant. Sources said Home Guards volunteers were doing the job of constables patrolling had been reduced and investigations were suffering.
Jalandhar (rural) SSP HPS KHAKH said that we are comfortably manning police stations in the district.