The reports confirm that a trend of "rogue policing" has been growing steadily over the years, sometimes with cops actually helping criminals get away with their actions
Incidents involving errant policing and policemen continue to surface among Delhi police. Just last week, two Station House Officers (SHOs) from the force had been sent to district lines following disciplinary action against them. Last month, four police personnel were suspended, and an inspector rank officer was sent to district lines, after a rape accused hanged himself in a lockup at Karawal Nagar police station.
These rising cases of crimes, misdemeanors and lax policing by Delhi cops may be due to the fact that many are going unpunished for their actions. Figures from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) show that of the 136 criminal cases registered against Delhi Police personnel in 2016, only 42 of them were arrested. The data also states that in only two of the cases chargesheets were submitted.
The NCRB data also confirms a report released by the Praja Foundation in 2015 looking into the state of policing in the Capital. The report showed that in 2015, over 12,000 complaints had been received against Delhi police officers, out of which only 145 criminal cases were registered and none of them were arrested.
The reports confirm that a trend of "rogue policing" has been growing steadily over the years, sometimes with cops actually helping criminals get away with their actions.
In December 2016, a head constable was suspended after allegedly helping women pickpockets at a metro station, when the act was caught in a CCTV camera. In the same month, a constable and five others, including three women, were arrested for allegedly honey-trapping businessmen and government employees in the Burari area. Two months earlier, in October, an inspector was suspended for his alleged involvement in a corruption case of fake coin manufacturing.
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NCRB data confirms a report released by the Praja Foundation in 2015 looking into the state of policing in the Capital. The report showed that in 2015, over 12,000 complaints had been received against Delhi police officers, out of which only 145 criminal cases were registered and none of them were arrested.
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