Pratapgarh SHOs turn away complainants, refuse to register FIRs

  • | Wednesday | 18th July, 2018

ALLAHABAD: In an undercover operation, station house officers (SHOs) posted at 14 out of 21 selected police stations in Pratapgarh refused to file FIRs when trainee constables approached them by posing as complainants.The fact came to light after IG (Allahabad range) reviewed the status of test FIRs registered at 21 police stations.The IG on Wednesday directed 21 trainee constables, which included four women, to visit a police station each in Pratapgarh and to get a test FIR registered by posing as a victims of a crime on Sunday.On Wednesday, Sharma met the trainee constables who shared their experiences of posing as complainants and getting an FIR registered at these police stations.As per the inputs received by the IG, the trainee constables were able to get FIRs registered at Raniganj , Maheshganj, Lalganj, Udaypur, Kunda, Nawabganj and Hathigaon.At Mahila Thana, the women constable on duty did not allow the victim (trainee constable) to meet with the thana in charge and even misbehaved with her.At Kotwali Nagar, Kohdaur, Phatanpur, Mandhata, Kanhai, Aspur Devsara, Lalganj, Sangramgarh, Sangipur and Manikpur police stations, the undercover trainee constables were forced to change their language or sequence of events by the thana in charges or their subordinates on duty.While interacting with senior police officials on Wednesday, the trainee constables said SHOs and thana in charges misbehaved with them and even humiliated them at Jethwara, Antoo, Baghrai, Patti, and Lalganj police stations.“The errant SHOs were isused a strict warning and have been asked to behave properly with complainants visiting police stations, else action would be taken against them,” said Sharma.

ALLAHABAD: In an undercover operation, station house officers (SHOs) posted at 14 out of 21 selected police stations in Pratapgarh refused to file FIRs when trainee constables approached them by posing as complainants.The fact came to light after IG (Allahabad range) reviewed the status of test FIRs registered at 21 police stations.The IG on Wednesday directed 21 trainee constables, which included four women, to visit a police station each in Pratapgarh and to get a test FIR registered by posing as a victims of a crime on Sunday.On Wednesday, Sharma met the trainee constables who shared their experiences of posing as complainants and getting an FIR registered at these police stations.As per the inputs received by the IG, the trainee constables were able to get FIRs registered at Raniganj , Maheshganj, Lalganj, Udaypur, Kunda, Nawabganj and Hathigaon.At Mahila Thana, the women constable on duty did not allow the victim (trainee constable) to meet with the thana in charge and even misbehaved with her.At Kotwali Nagar, Kohdaur, Phatanpur, Mandhata, Kanhai, Aspur Devsara, Lalganj, Sangramgarh, Sangipur and Manikpur police stations, the undercover trainee constables were forced to change their language or sequence of events by the thana in charges or their subordinates on duty.While interacting with senior police officials on Wednesday, the trainee constables said SHOs and thana in charges misbehaved with them and even humiliated them at Jethwara, Antoo, Baghrai, Patti, and Lalganj police stations.“The errant SHOs were isused a strict warning and have been asked to behave properly with complainants visiting police stations, else action would be taken against them,” said Sharma.

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