Under fire over the repeated attacks in the city on people from the North-East, Delhi Police on Saturday announced a slew of steps, including setting up of a new unit and a helpline number to address any grievance faced by them.
“We have decided to start a helpline for those hailing from the North-East and this number will be 1093, there will be five lines of this number in the control room,” said Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi.
Bassi said that these measures were taken as, after the unfortunate incident in which Nido Tania died, there was a sense of concern in everybody’s heart. The Delhi High Court had also directed police in this regard. “Apart from this we have also constituted a Special Cell to address policing issues, this cell will operate from Nanakpura and an official of the rank of Deputy Commissioner of Police will supervise it,” he said.
Senior police official Kime Kaming who hails from the North-Eastern part of the country and is currently DCP fourth battalion will supervise the new unit. He will be
working under the close supervision of Joint Commissioner Robin Hibu, who is our Chief Coordinator, the Commissioner said. Earlier Delhi police had 7 nodal officers to address the issues of people hailing from Northeastern part of the country. Now it has been decided that all district DCPs will be nodal officers who will maintain close contacts with various North-Eastern groups and associations and also deal with issues which may crop up with any individual.
Police has also identified certain pockets like Munirka parts of Dwarka where people from Northeast mostly reside. Bassi said that special preventive policing will be ensured in these areas from now on. He also informed that on similar lines, a special cell and a helpline number has also been set up for foreign nationals. “For foreign nationals, the chief coordinator of this cell will be Joint Commissioner of Police Mukesh Meena. 1098 — and cell phone number — 08750871111 — where any foreigner who has any grievance can contact these numbers. Any policing issue pertaining to foreigners can be redressed here,” he said.