PATNA (BIHAR) : Noted human rights activist of Bihar, vice president of Bihar state chapter of eminent human rights body Peoples' Union For Civil Liberties and chief editor of Hindi-English bilingual Manavadhikar magazine, Arun Kumar demanded provision for strictest punishment to the erring cops in the law book to check rampant cases of "malafide prosecution" by the police officials.
He was addressing a gathering of human rights activists, lawyers, retired bureaucrats, former police officers and NGO functionaries having an experience in dealing with the Problems associated with policing which met here at Patna on July 1 (Saturday) at Nalanda Open University auditorium under the joint auspices of the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI) and National Campaign on Dalit Human Rights (NCDHR) to discuss police reforms in Bihar.
Kumar emphaised that no officer from the IAS and IPS cadres should be kept in the national and state human rights commissions and such other bodies which deal with charges against the police. Also, while dealing with cases against police officials, the prevalent practice of seeking reports from higher police officials should be stopped forthwith.
Noted human rights activist Kumar further explained his point by saying that these higher officials of the IAS and IPS cadres as a rule tend to defend and shield their subordinates due to various considerations.
Kumar demanded that the rights bodies or the other bodies dealing with charges against the police must send their inquiry teams on the spot to probe whether the charges against the police official concerned are correct and these bodies should in no way depend on the official reply of the police higher-ups as is the practice today said Manavadhikar chief editor.
(Kumar is Vice president of Bihar state chapter of Peoples' Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and is asociated with The Times Of India, Patna Edition as professional journalist. He also brings out a Hindi-English bilingual magazine dedicated to the cause of human rights from Bihar.)
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