He also said that he shall get those cases investigated and take action against the concerned Station House Officer (SHO) if necessary.
However, he didn’t mention the protocol regarding how harassed complainants can meet him without having to run from pillar to post.
“It is quite a tough task. Since the top police official has committed to it now, we are sure that he must have taken consideration of the multifaceted factors,” said a police official seeking anonymity. According to a source, despite the police commissioner’s claims that rising crime figures in the city correspond to the unprecedented ‘truthful reporting’, scores of criminal cases go unregistered every day even though the complainants approach the cops in time.
For the record, In June 2014, a woman immolated herself at the gate of the police headquarters because she wanted her complaint to reach the commissioner, which the local cops had refused to register even after several attempts. According to her relatives, she took the extreme step when she was not allowed to meet the top police official.
In another case reported recently at the Tilak Marg police station. A woman approached the cops when her daughter went missing. The cops allegedly refused to register her complaint initially and told her that her daughter had run away. Her complaint was later registered late at night after another police official, whom the complainant knew, intervened into the matter.
However, he didn’t mention the protocol regarding how harassed complainants can meet him without having to run from pillar to post.
“It is quite a tough task. Since the top police official has committed to it now, we are sure that he must have taken consideration of the multifaceted factors,” said a police official seeking anonymity. According to a source, despite the police commissioner’s claims that rising crime figures in the city correspond to the unprecedented ‘truthful reporting’, scores of criminal cases go unregistered every day even though the complainants approach the cops in time.
For the record, In June 2014, a woman immolated herself at the gate of the police headquarters because she wanted her complaint to reach the commissioner, which the local cops had refused to register even after several attempts. According to her relatives, she took the extreme step when she was not allowed to meet the top police official.
In another case reported recently at the Tilak Marg police station. A woman approached the cops when her daughter went missing. The cops allegedly refused to register her complaint initially and told her that her daughter had run away. Her complaint was later registered late at night after another police official, whom the complainant knew, intervened into the matter.