Next time if you go to the police station, even with a trivial issue, the police will compulsorily ask you to lodge a complaint.
This is following a new system the department is trying to put in place, which might help give leads to bigger cases at some point.
In his recent media briefing, Police Commissioner M A Saleem asserted that whenever a complainant knocked on the doors of a station, the common reply from the police was, “come later”. “It’s no more a secret that the intention behind is either to give time for the complainant to think twice before taking the matter to the police or making him or her wait wittingly,” he said.
But by doing so, there were chances of the police missing a link (if the complainant
doesn’t turn up), which may prove costly in the future.
“Instead, it is better to register a case and investigate the same. Three chain snatching cases that had gone unreported have now been registered. A two-wheeler theft case too has been registered.”
Terming it as ‘free’ registration of cases (free here means police should make themselves free to receive complaints without dissuading the complainants), the Commissioner was hopeful that it would bear good results.
75 additional men
To keep a tab on chain snatchers, 75 additional personnel have been deployed on patrolling duty, the Commissioner said. As and when the incidents of chain snatchings are being reported, the police are apprehending the perpetrators, boosting the confidence level of the citizens, who are actively involving themselves in policing, which was a good trend, he observed.
Kidnap case reopened
City Crime Branch (CCB) has been entrusted with the task of investigating into the alleged kidnap and murder of Sanjay Jain of Vijayanagar. The case had created a sensation for the dramatic turn of events. The Commissioner said that CCB is probing the case afresh.