nChhattisgarh Chief Minister Bhupesh Baghel said there will no toleration at any cost of police personnel who are negligent in cases of crimes against women.
At a review meeting of the Home Department held at his residence office, the Chief Minister called for strict action against such police officers and personnel. Home Minister Tamradhwaj Sahu was present in the meeting.
At the meeting, Baghel announced the suspension of two police officers in Balrampur district.
The Chief Minister directed Director General of Police D.M. Awasthi to do continuous state-level monitoring and review for prevention of crimes against women.
A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) should be prepared for this and the Police Headquarters should directly review the serious crimes against women.
He said that a special investigation team should also be constituted in all the districts to prevent such crimes.
Awasthi told the meeting that Superintendents of Police in all the districts have been given instructions via video conferencing to control crimes against women and to ensure speedy investigation in such cases.
He informed that compared to the statistics of year 2019, the number of crimes against women have decreased in 2020.
In the meeting, the Chief Minister gave approval for ‘Samarpan Abhiyan’, which is going to be launched by Chhattisgarh Police for supporting senior citizens.
Awasthi said that senior citizens who live alone will be associated with this campaign. Through community policing, such senior citizens will be provided necessary facilities for protection from Covid-19 infection, their problems will be immediately resolved and essential goods and services will be provided to them.
To join this campaign, senior citizens may submit an application in local police station, or they can send the application on the WhatsApp number or email address issued by Police Headquarters.
In the first phase, this campaign would be started in Raipur, Durg and Bilaspur districts.
During the review, it was learnt that under the Integrated Emergency Response System Dial 112, facilities such as police assistance, fire-fighting, medical emergency, women support and smart city surveillance are being provided in 11 districts.
Under this service, 53 lakh calls were received in about two years. Out of these, nine and a half lakh people were given police assistance and nearly four and a half lakh people got emergency medical services. Six thousand children in distress were rescued and 14,000 suicide attempts were prevented.