Sitting amid the blackened remains of his home, 32-year-old Nikesh Gawali carefully broke open a half-melted plastic box with a screwdriver. His hands shook slightly, not out of fear, but out of hope. “I’m trying to find my daughter Aarti’s gold earrings,” he said quietly, still focused on the box. “She’s just five. I got them made recently after months of labour work.” The plastic box, warped and blackened by heat, was one of the few things left from his two-room house on the outskirts of Dhamangaon village . All around him lay ash, broken tin sheets and charred wooden beams. The walls had cracked under the heat and the front room’s tin roof had caved in completely. What remained was a blackened debris all around - almost nothing to suggest a home once stood there. Nikesh earns his living as an agricultural labourer, like many in the village. Work is uncertain and depends on the season. Those earrings weren’t just jewellery - they were a small dream, a reward for his hard work,...
Policemen have become victims of illegal activities of their own as Duty Assistants (Duty Madadgar) of Police Station have allegedly pressurised a section of policemen to file applications for request transfers. Ahead of general transfer an exercise is under way to get data from respective police stations about the personnel.
As per norms, a policemen who has completed five years are shifted to other places, either police station, Traffic Control Branch, Special Branch, Crime Branch, Headquarters or other units. Also police personnel who have completed three years in one place too can apply for request transfer and also list the choices. It is in the second category that allegations of compulsion has surfaced from some of the field units.
However, controversy erupted after office of Commissioner of Police received complaints from field staff that their applications were filled by pressursing them. This was so in case of Zone-I of Nagpur City Police. Umesh Nayak, Chief Clerk, Sheet Branch, CP office, on Saturday sent a letter on behalf of Commissioner of Police (CP) Dr. B K Upadhyay and directed withdraw such forcibly filed transfer applications.
The letter states that this office have noticed that Duty Assistant of Zone I of City Police have forced some policemen to file transfer request prior to completion of their tenure. The policemen were told to submit transfer request against their wishes the policemen stated in their complaint submitted at CP office, the letter stated.
A senior police official informed that there are two criteria of transfers for the policemen. Those who have completed five years in a police station will be automatically transferred from the police station. In second criteria, those who have completed three years at a police station can send a request for transfer citing personnel reasons. Establishment Board of CP office will take final call on the transfers.
Sources said the reason behind compulsion on staff to fill up transfer form could be localised difference within the respective police station. Although Duty Assistant is in line of fire, he alone cannot be faulted and role of senior officers of police station could not be ruled out in forcing reluctant personnel to file transfer requests.
With CP office sending back the transfer request the entire exercise is likely to get delayed. The general transfers in constabulary even otherwise is conducted during the month of May. But before that the preparation of list, checking service sheets of police personnel and other things too are involved which is time consuming process.
DCP Masal unaware
of any such incident
Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP) Zone I Vivek Masal said that stern action would be taken agaisnt such Duty Assistants for pressurising staff. However, the DCP was unaware of any such complaints.
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