Director General of Police Nanden Dube has said that the police officials should be updated with the changes and amendments in laws related to crimes against Scheduled Tribes and Castes.
Dube was addressing the officers on the closing ceremony of two-day seminar on ‘Sensitisation of society towards Weaker Section’ at Police Training and Research Institute (PTRI). He presented certificates to the officials who participated in the seminar.He said that it is important to consider psychological aspect of the crime along with the legal aspect and continuous efforts for eradicating social evil would be required under the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act. Efforts should be made to implement the act in correct way.
Emphasising the importance of the knowledge sharing, DGP Dube said that the useful information provided and gained by the officials should be shared with the officials and subordinates deployed in the field.Additional Director General of Police (AJK) GR Meena said that the information discussed in the seminar should be used to inspect the pending cases for 15 days and the shortcoming should be removed.
He said that the police should work with the feeling of social justice which would help in investigating cases in a proper manner. Inspector General of Police (AJK) Arun Pratap Singh welcomed the guest on the closing ceremony. The seminar was inaugurated on Wednesday by Home Minister Babulal Gaur.The seminar was organised at Police Training and Research Institute in which officials from other districts were also present.