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| JK ignores MHA directions, withholds 33 % quota for women in police | | Poor response from aspirants only constraint: DGP | | K. Koushal
Early Times Report
JAMMU, Nov 30: Undermining the directions from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Jammu and Kashmir government in general and police department in particular preferred to avoid withhold 33 percent quota for women in police force.
The Centre had advised the states to increase the proportion of women in their police forces to at least 33 per cent "through affirmative action".
In a detailed advisory on measures that need to be taken to ensure safety of women, the Home Ministry said states must "vigorously enforce" all the existing laws relating to crime against women and children like the Dowry Prevention Act, the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, the Indecent Representation of Women (Prohibition) Act and the like.
"The government must take concrete steps to increase awareness in the administration and among the police in particular, regarding crime against women, and take steps not only to tackle such crime but also deal sensitively with the ensuring trauma," the advisory said, making a particular mention about the safety of women working on night shifts.
"Special steps should be taken for security of women working in night shifts of call centres," it said. The advisory was sent to the states in the first week of this month following a meeting of nodal officers of the state government on human trafficking and crimes against women.
Noting that situation relating to crimes against women and the way they were handled by police forces was "very grim and disappointing", the advisory urges all states to ensure that there is no delay in the filing of FIR in such cases and that all efforts are made to apprehend the accused named in the FIR immediately.
"Cases should be thoroughly investigated and chargesheets against the accused persons should be filed within three months of the date of occurrence," it says.
It also asks the state governments to lend help to rape victims at all stages, from filing a police complaint to undergoing forensic examination, to legal assistance and rehabilitation. "Preferably these victims may be handled by women so as to provide certain comfort level to the rape victims," it says.
However, despite the lapse of months, the state government and the police department have no such intentions to implement the directions."Cases should be thoroughly investigated and chargesheets against the accused persons should be filed within three months of the date of occurrence," it says.
After the 'Nirbhaya' incident, based on the recommendations of the Justice (Retd.) Verma Report, the Ministry of Home Affairs has enacted the Criminal Law (Amendment) Act, 2013 which has made significant changes in the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC), the Criminal Procedure Code (Cr.PC) and the Indian Evidence Act relating to women. One of the notable amendments related specifically to women is that in section 154 and 161 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, a proviso has been inserted to make it mandatory that the reports of crimes against women as well as their statements are collected by women police officers or women officers only.
While talking to Early Times, Director General of Police K Rajindra said that the department has not set any upper and lower bar of quota for recruitment of women in police but one should qualify the prescribed standards of the force.
"We welcome the women aspirants in the police but the problem is that there is poor response from the candidates. Time and again we advertise posts without considering upper and lower quota, with an intention to attract maximum candidates", said DGP adding that the women candidates are still hesitant to appear. |
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