JAIPUR: City police will set up four new police stations including one at SMS Hospital and another at the airport by next month. The other two which are likely to become operations soon are Jaisinghpura Khor and Daulatpura.
ACP (crime) Ajay Pal Lamba told TOI that currently there is a police chowki (checkpost) at SMS Hospital near the mortuary ward. The chowki comes under Moti Doongri police station, but a steady increase in footfall at the hospital warranted a new one.
“Patients and their family members from different cities come to SMS Hospital regularly. Sometimes, there are law and order issues outside the mortuary too,” he said.
The Moti Doongri and Ashok Nagar police stations will be bifurcated to accommodate the new SMS Hospital police station.
Similarly, a dedicated police station to cater to the airport and its nearby areas has long been in the pipeline. “We are scouting for a location for the airport police station, so that nearby residents can easily approach us,” Lamba said, adding that the new police station will be carved out of Jawahar Circle police station.
Some of the existing staff of the Jawahar Circle police station will be sent to the new police station.
Jaipur police said the new Jaisinghpura Khor police station will be carved out of the Brahmpuri police station to cater to the local area. Apart from that, the new Daulatpura police station will replace the existing police chowki.
“Daulatpura is also a major location which needs a separate police station of its own. Some areas of Daulatpura come under the VKI while another half comes within the jurisdiction of Amber police station,” he said.
