Sunday 19 August 2012

INACTIVE POLICE AND INSENSITIVE MIDDLE CLASS


Today on 19/08/2012  visited Trilokpur Indira Camp with Mr. Ashok Agarwal Adv. And our team which was part of our Sunday campaign for contacting underprivileged group of society at their door step. While we were in the area a 30 year old lady namely Babita came to us and informed that her 6 years old daughter savita is missing for last Saturday and police is not taking her complaint about missing child. It had been informed to us by the lady that police is asking 8 copy of A-4 size of photograph of the child only then they will take the complaint and she had only 2 copy of photograph. Mr. Agarwal suggested her to go to the police station and once more request for the registration of complaint. We provided them our contact information and given her visiting card to contact us if she is facing any problem. We noticed that she was very little convinced with us but we were not disappointed and thought this is her thought against middle class people like us who never helps them for getting their right and suggested and requested her to visit police station at least once more.
        We are grateful to the lady who visited the police station at kalyanpuri and Mayur Vihar Phase –I as both police stations was passing over the buck on each other and at last it had been decided that the area falls in Mayur vihar police station. It is important to mention that the lady approached the family where she was working as a domestic help to borrow Rs 200/- for printing of photograph but did not succeeded to get an advance of Rs 200/- for her daughter. We all see the frequent news articles about the crimes committed by domestic help but never see this kind of barbarian act by us which results sometime in some drastic steps by the domestic help. I don’t justify any criminal act by the domestic help but we must be concerned about these kind of inhuman attitude by employer otherwise we can’t succeed to control such act by using whatever kind of precaution like police verification etc. The lady who is searching her missing daughter had no option to visit the police station once more and approached the Mayur Vihar Phase I Police station. The head constable deputed their in duty room behaved with her in very rude manner and refused to take complaint if she can’t provide 8 copy of photograph and the mother was carrying only one copy of photograph hence police refused to take the complaint. Babita called Mr. Agarwal and it was very surprising that the head constable knowingly informed the senior advocate that it is rule that she must provide 8 copy of photograph if she wants her complaint to be accepted. When Mr. Agarwal told him that he is going to call the concerned ACP the constable informed that this rule is known to all the officers. I have called the DCP East Mr. Prabhakar at his mobile phone but the same was continuously none replied. At last I succeeded to call the concerned SHO who at last agreed to take the complaint if I am sending the mother to him. The mother approached the SHO who had made several enquiries about her home, relative and native place and told her to make some arrangement for AZAN at rickshaw which costs aprox Rs 150/- which is beyond the capacity of the mother. SHO neither registered an F.I.R nor provided a copy of FIR or complaint and told the complainant to come tomorrow then something in written will be provided to her. All these jokes with the guidelines of Supreme Court were taking place hardly at the 5 K.M. from the supreme court of this country.
       There is clear provision of immediate registration of F.I.R in these missing case and Hon’ble Delhi high court passed order in this regard. The activity of the police station tantamount to the contempt of order passed by the High court but a poor can neither access high court nor the senior officers of police department. Whether we the middle class are not responsible for this kind of ignorance faced by the Mother of missing girl.  Whether the employer should not be punished for this kind of attitude. These are some of the concerns needed to be readdressed immediately.

Khagesh B. Jha, Adv.
Mob- 8826456565
    

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