Police personnel behaving like criminals will not be tolerated: Bihar DGP

Bihar Director General of Police (DGP) Vinay Kumar on Friday, January 9, 2026, issued strict instructions to the force, warning them against illegal practices. The province’s police chief, who harshly warned police personnel who engaged in unscrupulous practices, stated that “there will be absolutely no tolerance for uniformed police personnel behaving like criminals.”

“We have 13,000 Sub-Inspectors and there are one or two who take illegal gratifications which could be gold, money etc. We will not tolerate such incidents. We will send such personnel to jail after lodging FIRs, we will also ensure their removal from service,” Mr. Kumar said.

Last week, sub-inspector Pramod Kumar, posted at Akbarpur police station in Nawada district, was arrested red-handed while accepting a bribe of ₹25,000 from a complainant who wanted to avoid arrest.

At least 50 Station House Officers (SHOs) have been either suspended or sent to police lines in the last three years for allegedly taking money from sand and liquor mafia in Bihar.

However, Bihar DGP claimed that the state witnessed a decline in the number of major murder, rape, dacoity and riot cases in 2025 compared to 2024, thanks to better and effective policing.

“We have done comparative analysis of major crimes which showed that murder cases have decreased by 8.3%, rape cases have decreased by 8.2%, dacoity cases have decreased by 26.9% and riot cases have decreased by 21.5% in 2025 compared to 2024,” Mr. Kumar said.

The number of murder case was 2,556 in 2025 while it was 2,786 in 2024, he said adding that cases declined to 2,025 in 2025 from 2,205 cases in 2024. similarly, the number of dacoity cases declined to 174 in 2025 from 238 in 2024 while the number of riot cases decreased to 2,502 cases in 2025 from 3,186 in 2024, he added.

He explained that a better intelligence gathering mechanism has led to gradual reduction in incidents of communal tension in the state.

Replying to a question about police intervention in land-related disputes, Mr. Kumar said that “the role of police in resolving land disputes is negligible.”

Stating that land disputes constitute 50-60% of total criminal cases, he said that Circle Offices (CO) will now hold meetings every Saturday to listen to land-related grievances, where SHO will also be present.

Stating that the process to fill 19,838 police officer positions is currently ongoing, Kumar stated that the appointment process of 4,361 police officer drivers will be completed in December 2025. He also added that the written exam to fill the 1,799 Sub-Inspector posts will be held soon.