The top brass of the police department has initiated a series of meetings with the divisional and district police authorities to monitor the policing and assess the preparedness of the forces in tackling any unprecedented situation.

DGP D N Gautam and principal secretary (home) Afzal Amanullah on Sunday set off for Bhagalpur to hold a high-level meeting there, but due to inclement weather their plane could not land and had to return. On Monday, they will fly to Muzaffarpur to hold the meeting there.

Gautam and Amanullah said that a meeting had already been held with the police authorities in Patna, Gaya, Jehanabad, Nalanda, Nawada, Rohtas and Aurangabad. The one in Patna was held on Saturday. The officials have been handed over a long checklist for maintaining peace and communal harmony during the festive season apart from checking the crime.

Sources said the officials at the meeting, which was participated by Commissioners, regional IGs, DIGs and SPs, demanded that additional force be deployed in areas considered as sensitive in the state during the pujas. The authorities directed the department to take personal initiative in keeping a strict vigil on the law and order situation and tap in on the intelligence sources whenever needed.