West district police stations also don't have CCTVs, while those in east & southeast have no first-aid
None of the police stations in the New Delhi district of Delhi Police which includes the entire Lutyens zone, have CCTV cameras installed in them. The situation remains so, despite a number of protests and agitations witnessed every day by the district that houses government and VIP installations with the highest threat alert. Followed by New Delhi is the west district which also has cameras installed in none of its police stations.
The revelations were made in an RTI reply filed by the DNA. In its reply, dated May 2, 2017, the Delhi Police cleared that, "No CCTV is installed any police station of New Delhi district. However, for the installation of CCTVs a proposal has already been sent to PHQ and P&L."
Followed by the New Delhi district, that houses most of the VVIP's residences, offices and most of the country's important installations facing regular potential threat from terror organisations, a reply from the west district also stated that none of the police stations are under CCTV surveillance. "No CCTV cameras have been installed in premises of police stations in west district," the reply read.
Apart from this, the reply stated that only four police stations out of 14 in northwest district are covered with CCTV cameras. While northeast district has security and surveillance cameras installed only in seven police stations out of total 12, the east district has it in seven police stations out of total ten police stations which fall under this district. Four cameras in each of its seven police stations have been installed, the reply stated.
This is despite the Delhi Police Commissioner's special emphasis on strengthening security inside and outside the police stations and nearby areas, in the force's regular crime review meetings.
The RTI query also sought availability of medical facilities in police stations. Among the districts which replied, only New Delhi district has stated that it has first aid facility available in all its police stations.
While reply from, the east, northeast and southeast districts clarified that no medical facility is available in any of the police stations falling under these districts, west and northwest districts stated that all the employees are covered under CGHS scheme.
HORRORS inside POLICE STATIONS
- January 2017 -- Five policemen, including SHO of Adarsh Nagar police station in northwest Delhi were suspended and booked for culpable homicide not amounting to murder for an alleged custodial death of a fruit vendor booked for theft, who died after falling off the fourth floor of the Adarsh Nagar police station
- Sept 2016 -- An 11-month-old baby was allegedly abducted from the office-cum-residential complex of Delhi Police's 3rd battalion in west Delhi's Vikaspuri, and raped by her 36-year-old neighbour in the vicinity
- July 2016 -- The SHO of Aman Vihar police station in outer Delhi was booked for alleged molestation when wife of an accused raised allegations that SHO molested her inside his resting room at the police station. An internal inquiry followed.
- April 2016 -- An Assistant Sub Inspector and two constables were arrested after they took a youth to a traffic office at Sabzi Mandi and tempted to force him into a sexual act. Case under IPC 377(unnatural sex) was registered.
- April 2012 -- A 21-year-old man was knifed to death and his friend injured by members of a local gang meters away from a north Delhi police station. Police had arrested two men and three juvenile for the murder.
- October 2013 -- A Delhi Police SHO allegedly asked a 13-year old girl, who had been allegedly gang-raped by four men, to strip inside Uttam Nagar police station. The SHO was suspended following departmental inquiry.
...& ANALYSIS
- The fact that a number of criminals are able to commit crimes thanks to the lack or non-functioning of CCTV cameras is old news. But the fact that none of the police stations in the city's more prime locations have CCTV cameras is a huge cause for concern. Lutyens Zone is a sensitive area of the Capital and the lack of CCTV cameras in police stations suggests a cavalier attitude towards maintaining security.
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