The irresponsible statement given
by the DIG of Saharanpur, clearly reveals the
ideology and frustration of
police in finding the missing girls of poor and deprived families.On Tuesday,in
a law and order review meeting,SP of Sant Kabir Nagar reportedly said that he
was fed up of cases that involved missing girls and he asked his fellow cops
that “Should we catch thieves or girls?” If an officer of the rank of SP or DIG
is giving this kind of immature remarks,then what should we expect of their
fellow policemen? Actually,the crux of the matter is that the state government
has not separated the work of law and
order and investigation matters.Today,police has to do every kind of
work,ranging from maintaining law and order,controlling crime,investigating
criminal matters,regulating traffic and so on.Undoubtedly,the role and
responsibilities of police has been increased manifold in the 21st
century.People’s expectations and aspirations to receive meaningful answers and
get impartial justice on the part of investigation,is legitimate,but on the
other hand,government too has the responsibility of looking into the structural
problem exist in the police organization.Uttar Pradesh government’s biggest
failure is the continuous ignorance of problems exist in the police
administration.To manage the state of 20 crore people and crime of heinous nature,government
needs to understand the kind of attention which it should pay to improve the
overall structure of police organization and for that Chief Minister and top
police officials needs to spend various nights in making a comprehensive policy
to organize the police administration in an effective and efficient way.
