Riled at the number of crime against women going north and the subsequent insensitivity shown by the police towards such crimes and the victims, DGP Javeed Ahmed has ordered to hold one-day workshops in all 18 ranges of the state on Saturday, to sensitise the men inuniform.
As per a DGP office communiqué issued on Thursday, 18 officers of ADG and IG ranks have been short listed to head the workshop. Besides telling the cops to be sensitive towards a crime against a woman, the top cops would also tell them about the measures to be taken in case of teasing, harassment or threats being werereported at Women’s Power line, Help line, Police Control Room etc.
The cops would also be coached on how to go ahead with the investigation keeping in mind that the victim’s dignity and that of her family is be maintained at any cost.
Similarly the cops will be also be told about measures to adopt to prevent or check sudden spurt in crimes against members of the fairer sex.
Directions have been issued that at least one cop of each rank from every police station along with the maximum female cops should attend the workshop in their respective range head-quarters.
The officers selected to head the workshop include RK Vishwakarma, Chandra Prakash, Avinash Chandra, Alok Sharma, Brij Bhushan, BP Jogdand, Abhay Kumar Prasad, Ashutosh Pandey, Sunil Gupta, Sujeet Pandey, Aseem Arun, Zaki Ahmed, Mutha Ashok Jain, Satish Ganesh, Vijay Singh Meena, Deepak Ratan, SK Bhagat and RK Chaturvedi.