Malik for formation of State Police Complaint Authority

by Haryanawirenews (Balbir)
CHANDIGARH, MARCH 19
Commenting upon the disbanding of a special Task Police Force in Haryana, Dr. M .S. Malik, IPS (Rtd.), President, Jat Sabha Chandigarh, Federation of Jat Institutions, Akhil Bhartiya Shaheed Samman Sanghrash Samiti and former D.G.P. Haryana made a forceful plea to establish a State Police Complaint Authority in the states of Punjab, Haryana and Union Territory Chandigarh keeping in view the increasing public complaints regarding involvement of police personnel in the commission of criminal offences and that of brutal use of police force, torture, unlawful police behaviour.
Dr. Malik further stated that such an Authority should be constituted under the overall control of a retired Judge so as to keep the police force immune from extraneous influence of politicians as well as that of bureaucrats. Such authorities are required to be set up at each of the district headquarters as per Apex Court guidelines apart setting up a State Police Security Commission for posting/transfers of state D.G.P and other senior police officers. Then only the police force may regain its reputation of honesty, sincerity and impartiality.
He further elaborated that the establishment of State Police Complaint Authority should be in consonance with the directions issued by the Hon’ble Supreme Court of India given in the case of Parkash Singh & others v/s Government of India. The provisions of setting up such a Complaint Authority have also been provided by the newly enacted Punjab Police Act as well as Haryana Police Act, 2007. So much so, the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, New Delhi has already directed the Chandigarh Administration to set up such Authority to check the ever growing violations of Human Rights and other complaints against police.
Further, expressing his concern for the increasing instances of violation of Human Rights, crimes against women, increasing female foeticide and decreasing rate of male and female ratio in the Tricity as well as the states of Punjab and Haryana, Dr. Malik stressed upon the authorities to set up this special Authority to control the situation from going out of control.
He further added that it is a matter of regret that the government of Haryana had informed the Punjab & Haryana Court many a times that there is no need of establishing a Human rights Commission in the state whereas large number of cases/instances highlighting the involvement of police personnel and anti social elements in the crimes against women as well as of violation of Human Rights are ever being reported by the media. The increasing instances of custodial deaths and of brute behaviour of police personnel have brought to the Khaki uniform a bad name. Recently, the incident of involvement of ASP Rank police officer with eight members team in the incidence of dacoity at Panipat has also given a severe blow to the police public relations.
Above all, Dr. Malik further suggested that the administration of Tricity as well as that of the states of Punjab and Haryana should take immediate remedial measures to introduce police reforms as per the directions of Apex Courts and also to implement the recommendations of V.N. Vohra Committee so as to keep the police force immune from criminal police-political nexus.