In a bid to reach out to the people at their doorsteps, Ranchi police is working out on the possibility to lodge FIR at complainants’ home without requiring them to walk to respective police stations. A mobile van will function as police station enabling anyone to lodge the FIR sitting at home.
“As per the directions from the DGP, we are trying to work out on a system enabling anyone to lodge an FIR sitting at his home without taking pains to walk till the police station to lodge it. The mobile vans will function as a police station and a copy of FIR will be handed over to the complainant then and there by the officer present in the mobile van,” said SSP Ranch Bheemsen Tuti. Presently it will be launched in Ranchi as a pilot project subsequently extending it to the other districts, he added.
The idea was discussed in the review meeting of Ranchi Zone headed by DGP Rajiv Kumar along with the other top police officials at the police headquarters in Ranchi. The DGP stressed on the need to make police more people’s friendly and flexible in order to reach out to the people.
During the meeting, review on the issue of crime against women, Naxal problem along with the increasing instances of theft and murders in the Ranchi circle was also done with a direction to take necessary actions. The DGP also directed the officials to increase the number of police-public meet which has brought positive results bridging the gap between the two.
“It was also discussed to boost up the performance in the field of checking crime against women as well as swift investigation and filing charge sheets in the minimum possible time to ensure speedy justice to the victims,” said IG (Ranchi Zone) MS Bhatia.
According to Bhatia, district wise analysis was also done regarding their requirements and further strategy to check Naxal menace was also discussed in the meeting.
SPs of respective districts presented a detailed report of the achievements and status of the pending cases through power point presentation in the meeting. The senior police officials passed required directions to the SPs.