Madhya Pradesh is a peace loving State. Madhya Pradesh's system is better than many States of the country, designed to punish those accused of harassing Scheduled Castes and make it better which could act as model for the whole country said Ramshankar Katheria, Chairman of the National Scheduled Castes Commission at review meeting at State Police Headquarters on Thursday.
The National Scheduled Castes Commission held a meeting of senior police officers at the Police Headquarters to review year-round criminal cases registered under the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Castes Atrocities Prevention Act.
He said that in the parts of the state where there is a high incidence of harassment of Scheduled Castes, social research should be done through joint efforts in social research. Efforts should be made to remove caste discrimination and incidents of harassment of scheduled castes.
DGP Vijay Kumar Singh shared that half a dozen special police stations were formed in Madhya Pradesh for the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in the year 1974. Presently special police stations are functioning in 51 districts of the state. Also, special courts are operational in 50 districts for hearing cases of Prevention of Atrocities Act. The conviction rate in the current year is around 80 percent in Madhya Pradesh.
Principal Secretary Home SN Mishra said that Special Prosecution Officers have been appointed in the state for lobbying cases registered under Prevention of Atrocities
Act.
Additional Director General of Police AJK Pragya Richa Shrivastava presented a year-wise comparative statement of the crimes, charge sheets and punishment status recorded under the Atrocities Act.