Child rape: Top cop regrets police inaction
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Mahendra Kumar Gupta
May 7, 2013, 7:18:38 AM5/7/13
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Child rape: Top cop regrets police inaction
Neeraj Chauhan, TNN | May 6, 2013, 04.31 AM IS0
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NEW DELHI: Neeraj Kumar had refused to step down over the Gandhi Nagar
rape case, but the Delhi Police commissioner has admitted that the
police response in the case was "regrettable" and "police need to learn a
number of lessons from the case". The case, which had recently caused a
public outrage in the capital, involved a five-year-old girl who was
allegedly raped by two men, including a neighbour. Following the
incident, the local station house officer allegedly tried to hush up the
case by offering the family Rs 2,000.
"Regrettably, the police response in the matter was everything that it should not have been. It should be understood that when an individual comes to report about the missing of his or her child, he is under deep distress. The police station, besides doing the paper work, should immediately take steps to convey a genuine and sincere impression to the complainant that police are equally concerned and want to take all possible steps to trace the child," stressed Kumar while listing detailed steps in the addendum to the standing order on missing children issued on May 2. The order lists 37 measures for missing children in Delhi and all police stations are bound to follow it.
According to the figures shared with the Lok Sabha recently, 3,389 children have been reported missing in the capital in the past three years and 1,766 children till April 15 this year.
The initial inquiry into the police lapses in the Gandhi Nagar incident called the station house officer's reaction weak. "The SHO should be informed immediately and he would personally take charge of the case and the search party," stated the order. "In every case of a girl going missing, the ACP, additional CP and the DCP of the district must be informed and they should monitor the progress of search and investigation. The ACP should also visit the spot in cases he deems necessary," it added.
Police have also been asked to search the immediate neighbourhood and use loudhailers to spread the news. The SHO and the investigating officer would also keep the family in loop and assure them that maximum efforts are being made to trace the child. Cops have been asked to get every possible detail, including description, school, date, time, status of child, details of places and friends, information about parents and others while registering the case.
A wireless message should be flashed to all DCPs/SSPs all over India and all SHOs in Delhi as soon as a missing report is received and a recent photograph of the missing child would be shared with missing persons squads, NCRB and other agencies. "The notices should also be sent to railway stations, ISBTs, airports, regional passport offices and other prominent places," it added. Records of all institutions like children's homes, nigh shelters, women's and children's homes, hospital mortuaries, placement agencies, NGOs and CWCs should be scanned.
If the missing child remains untraced for six months, the case will be transferred to the anti-human trafficking unit, the order pointed out.
"Regrettably, the police response in the matter was everything that it should not have been. It should be understood that when an individual comes to report about the missing of his or her child, he is under deep distress. The police station, besides doing the paper work, should immediately take steps to convey a genuine and sincere impression to the complainant that police are equally concerned and want to take all possible steps to trace the child," stressed Kumar while listing detailed steps in the addendum to the standing order on missing children issued on May 2. The order lists 37 measures for missing children in Delhi and all police stations are bound to follow it.
According to the figures shared with the Lok Sabha recently, 3,389 children have been reported missing in the capital in the past three years and 1,766 children till April 15 this year.
The initial inquiry into the police lapses in the Gandhi Nagar incident called the station house officer's reaction weak. "The SHO should be informed immediately and he would personally take charge of the case and the search party," stated the order. "In every case of a girl going missing, the ACP, additional CP and the DCP of the district must be informed and they should monitor the progress of search and investigation. The ACP should also visit the spot in cases he deems necessary," it added.
Police have also been asked to search the immediate neighbourhood and use loudhailers to spread the news. The SHO and the investigating officer would also keep the family in loop and assure them that maximum efforts are being made to trace the child. Cops have been asked to get every possible detail, including description, school, date, time, status of child, details of places and friends, information about parents and others while registering the case.
A wireless message should be flashed to all DCPs/SSPs all over India and all SHOs in Delhi as soon as a missing report is received and a recent photograph of the missing child would be shared with missing persons squads, NCRB and other agencies. "The notices should also be sent to railway stations, ISBTs, airports, regional passport offices and other prominent places," it added. Records of all institutions like children's homes, nigh shelters, women's and children's homes, hospital mortuaries, placement agencies, NGOs and CWCs should be scanned.
If the missing child remains untraced for six months, the case will be transferred to the anti-human trafficking unit, the order pointed out.
Arun Banerjee
May 8, 2013, 11:04:35 AM5/8/13
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SC has opined suspension is no punishment as that can be revoked after three months.
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Mahendra Kumar Gupta
May 8, 2013, 11:31:48 PM5/8/13
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Very good observation. Generally, such suspensions are revoked on friendly inquiry report, alleged guilty got back wages also without any break in service.
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