Chandigarh, Feb. 19 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has sought details of cops deployed at the residences of senior officers and politicians in both states.

The details were sought by the bench of acting chief justice GS Sandhawalia and justice Vikas Suri during the resumed hearing of a 2019 public interest litigation (PIL) filed by one Nikhil Saraf, seeking optimum deployment of material and human resources for better policing.

"Both the affidavits are bereft of any details regarding the number of police personnel deployed qua these two categories of persons. Let both states file affidavits as to how many constables are deployed at the residences of the said persons. The affidavits will contain details of the police personnel depl...