Expressing concern over the increasing number of elopement cases in the city, Ranchi SSP Saket Kumar Singh on Friday directed his subordinates not to make delay in taking appropriate actions.
The SSP was holding a meeting to review the crime situation along with the sub inspectors, inspectors and the DSPs posted in the city.
“As the number of elopement cases has increased in the last few months, I have directed the officials of all the police stations in the city to take immediate actions in such cases and try to dispose them at the earliest,” said the SSP.
According to the SSP, the parents of the eloped girls have a genuine concern regarding the safety of their daughters. He said that he has issued strict directions to the concerned officials who should try to dispose the cases of elopement immediately and hand over the girl to their parents after their recovery. “As many as 14 cases have been registered in this month and at least 15 cases of elopement are registered per month on an average,” Singh added.
The SSP also took the complaints of negligence by the police officials in identifying the owners of the recovered bikes seriously. He directed them to find out the owners and hand over their bikes. It has been reported that several bikes have been kept lying unclaimed in the police stations and no effort is being made to find out their owners.
“I have made it clear that the officer in charge of the concerned police station will be held responsible if the actual owner of the recovered motorcycle is not identified,” said the SSP.
During the crime review meeting, the SSP also discussed the number of pending cases and the cases which have been disposed of. The officers were directed to pay special attention to the cases which are older than five years and resolve them soon.
“At present we have 1784 cases pending with us and on an average 300 cases are registered every month at different police stations of Ranchi,” said the SSP.
Foreigner asked to write FIR in Hindi!
A foreigner, on approached the officials at Bariatu police station to lodge a complaint about his stolen laptop, was asked to write his complaint in Hindi.
Joel Marc Morris Wako, a volunteer with the Sindaur Toli Gram Vikas Vidyalaya, whose laptop and external hard disc were stolen from his Datta Villa apartment located at Morhabadi on Thursday night, was shocked when he was told by policemen at Bariatu police station to lodge his complaint in Hindi. “I was asked by the policemen at the Bariatu Police station to come back with an FIR written in Hindi.
I felt dejected and approached the SSP here who has asked his men to get my complaint registered,” said Wako, a native of Uganda. The SSP, assuring the foreign national that he will look into the matter and has directed the Bariatu police station to take necessary action regarding the case.