Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Monday announced separation of FIR registration wing and investigation wing of the State police.
“The government is working to separate the FIR registration wing and investigation wing of Haryana Police. The one who registers the FIR would not investigate the case and this would be done to strengthen the policing system,” said the Chief Minister while speaking after inaugurating eight ‘Mitra Kaksh’ in Civil lines Police Station at Karnal.
Manohar lal also announced that the State Government has decided to launch 100 dial scheme to reduce criminal cases and to provide fair justice to victims. Initially, 600 vehicles would be provided by the State Government to police and each district would get 30 to 35 vehicles, said he.
The Chief Minister had laid the foundation stone of the scheme at Panchkula recently and about Rs 153 crore would be spent under it.
The scheme is likely to be implemented from November 1, 2018. Under this scheme, when a victim would contact control room, he or she would get police assistance within 15 minutes in any area of the state, said he.
Manohar lal said that the State Government has been providing fearless environment in the state. These eight ‘Mitra Kaksh’ have been established at a cost of about Rs two crore to develop coordination among people and police.
He said that residents of Community liaison Group and police personnel in casual wear would sit in these ‘Mitra Kaksh’ to listen to the grievances of people. If a grievance could not be solved through mediation then FIR would be registered.
He further said that in the first phase, eight 'Mitra Kaksh' each were being established in district Karnal and district Rohtak. If the system runs successfully, it would be implemented throughout the state, he added.
Referring to his visit to Singapore, the Chief Minister said that there was no police station on road in Singapore and no police personnel could be seen on roads. There was one police officer on a population of 300 persons in Singapore whereas in Haryana, one police officer is deputed for safety and security of 500 persons, he said.
He added that during his visit to Singapore, he learned that police personnel in Singapore perform their duty in civil dress also. Here in Haryana also, we will implement such initiatives, he said.
Speaking on the occasion, Home Secretary, SS Prasad said that during pre-independence period, police was engaged to run a government, but post-independence, police was being used to serve the people.
Director General of Police, BS Sandhu said that general public fear to go to police station, but these ‘Mitra Kaksh’ would enable them to present their views and share their problems without any hesitation.