Chandigarh : Haryana Home Minister Anil Vij on Monday directed Shatrujit Kapoor DGP Haryana to suspend 372 police investigating officers for not disposing tof he cases. He warned concerned DSPs departmental action against them in case such cases will not be finalized within a month. Vij said that the reasons quoted by them are not satisfactory and action is being taken in public interest. Information reveals that maximum number of such cases have been reported in Sirsa district, whereas the number of such cases is minimum in Panipat district in the state.
The number of the suspended Investigation Officers include in 66 cases in Sirsa, 60 cases in Gurugram, 57 cases in Yamunanagar, 32 cases in Faridabad, 31 cases each in Karnal and Rohtak, 30 cases in Ambala, 24 cases in Jind, 24 cases in Hisar, 10 cases in Panchkula, 9 cases in Sonipat, 5 cases in Rewari and 3 cases in Panipat. While talking to media persons Vij said that he has been directing police officers again and again to finalise all pending cases and observed that 3229 cases are lying pending since past over a year and finally he told DSPs to finalise such cases within a month. Vij said that people cannot be left to run from one officer to another seeking justice. It is the police’s duty to provide prompt redressal to the complaints lodged with them. Vij said that he has instructed the DGP to hand over all such cases to Deputy Superintendents of Police who would take action on these cases within a month, failing which they would also be liable for action. He said that the Investigating Officers facing action are in the ranks of Assistant Sub Inspectors to Inspectors. In some cases there were allegations of corruption leading to intentional delays against them, while in some there were allegations of bias due to which the complaints had been pending for more than one year.
In his letter to DGP Vij said, while listening to the public grievances, he directed concerned police officers many times for early disposal of the FIRs registered in the police stations. Last month, explanations were sought from all the Investigating Officers who have not finalised or disposed tof he FIRs that were pending for over a year. The number of such cases is very high, identified as 3,229. Vij said, “Such investigation officers who have not finally disposed of the long pending cases and reasons quoted by them are not satisfactory. They are making people move from one pillar to another for getting action on their complaints. This is a very serious matter and cannot be ignored.” Vij said that “l would like that all these Investigating Officers be put under suspension immediately and their cases be transferred to respective Deputy Superintendents of Police (DSPs) for final disposal within a month, otherwise action will be taken against those officers also,”
Sources said, in some cases there were allegations of corruption leading to intentional delays against them, while in some there were allegations of bias due to which the complaints had been pending for more than one year. Vij said,“I am pained to know that despite my instruction, still 372 Investigating Officers are such who have not finally disposed of the pending cases and reasons quoted by them are not satisfactory. They are making people move from one pillar to another for getting action on their complaints. This is a very serious matter and cannot be ignored,
