The State Human Rights Commission chairman Justice Vijendra Jain has said that police officers and personnel need to be more sensitive towards the public.
He said this while chairing a meeting held to finalise the details of the two-day seminar on human rights to be held on December 20. Jain said that the SHRC periodically organises workshops and meets to inculcate the sensitivity towards the public among police officers and personnel. As part of this effort, a two-day seminar will be held at the ONGC auditorium in Dehradun during which experts will dwell on various aspects related to human rights.
At the meeting, principal secretary, Home, Om Prakash, SHRC secretary Hemlata Dhaundiyal, IGs RS Meena, Deepam Seth, DIG GS Martoliya, Information Directorate DG R Meenakshi Sundaram, Dehradun DM BVRC Purushottam and additional secretary, Home, Vimmi Sachdeva were nominated to the organising committee for the seminar.
Police officers and officers of the judicial services will be invited to participate in the seminar. Since majority of the area in Uttarakhand is under the purview of the Revenue Police, officers of the Revenue department have also been invited to the seminar. The SHRC member Justice Rajesh Tandon, DGP BS Sidhu, Haryana Human Rights Commission special secretary Ramchandra and deputy secretary Onkar Singh were among those who attended the meeting on Wednesday.
Earlier, the National Human Rights Commission member and former Chief Justice of Nainital High Court, S Joseph visited the SHRC office and had a discussion with its chairman, member and officers.