Police should take the opportunity to work for providing relief to the victims affected by caste based social evils prevailing in the society, said Principal Secretary of law and legislative Affairs Department Virendra Singh.
He was speaking on the first day of the two-day seminar on ‘Sensitisation towards Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes’ organised by Adim Jati Kalyan (AJK) wing of the State Police Headquarters at Hotel Palash on Friday.
Singh further said that investigating officer should investigate with sensitisation for both accused and victim and nothing should be done due to pre-occupied notion and investigation should be done following law and wisdom of justice.
He said that investigating officer is eye, ear and nose of the court and investigation decides that justice is met to the needy. In cases of minor offences which do not require intervention of court for those cases other mediums like lok Adalat, intervention and pre-litigation should be considered.
At the start of the seminar Addl DG (AJK) Sl Thousen said that police are responsible to shoulder their duty according to the law and order for scheduled classes.
He said that with the involvement of these classes in Panchyat institutions their social and political consciousness has increased. Police requires being careful and sensitive while handling cases against these classes and initiate to provide relief the victim under the laws.
Police officials across the state have participated in the seminar. On the first day of the seminar amendments, mistakes and precautions during the investigations and role of police in eradicating the social evil from the society were discussed in detail.