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Police administration: notice to DGP

By Our Staff Reporter

CHENNAI April 18. The Madras High Court has ordered to issue notices to the DGP, Home Secretary and the Chennai Commissioner of the Police on a petition seeking to overhaul the `top-heavy' police administration in the State. The First Bench comprising the Chief Justice, B. Subhashan Reddy, and Justice Prabha Sridevan ordered notices, returnable in four weeks.

In his petition, S.D. Rajadevan, a retired police official, contended that the police set up required to be overhauled since there were too many higher-level supervisory cadre officials in the force. In this regard, the petitioner sought the implementation of the Narasimhan Committee recommendations on police reforms.

The panel's suggestions on promotions, postings and supervision of higher level officials should be given effect to immediately. Only such measures would rid the force of rampant corruption which resulted in the loss of public confidence in the entire department, he added.

Referring to a spurt in criminal activities in Chennai city, including a recent attempt to burgle a bank at Besant Nagar, Mr. Rajadevan contended that since crime prevention and detection was a specialised job, crime work should be entrusted to separate Deputy Commissioners as before.

According to him, the present set up wherein Deputy Commissioners (Law and Order) were in charge of crime portfolio would result in `secondary treatment' to crime work. He also said that since bank lockers had deposits and jewelleries worth crores of rupees, bank branches should be given round-the-clock security and armed security must be provided to all nationalised banks.

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