Officials said that the minor girl and mother were not treated as per the prescribed procedure of POCSO.
Officials said that the minor girl and mother were not treated as per the prescribed procedure of POCSO.
Three policemen have been suspended and a deputy superintendent of police removed for alleged delay in registering a rape case in Jammu and Kashmir’s Samba district, officials said.
He will also face a departmental inquiry for dereliction of duty in a case related to the rape of a minor girl, on the orders of Director General of Police (DGP) Dilbag Singh.
SHO Ali Imran, Assistant Sub Inspector Ratan Lal, Head Constable Satwinder Singh were suspended and Sub Divisional Police Officer (SDPO) Vijaypur, Vishal Manhas removed from their posts and attached with Zonal Police Headquarters Went. Poor supervision and control”, the officials said.
He said that according to the complaint, on the intervening night of April 16 and 17, in the Bajigar Basti of Vijaypur tehsil, accused Shammi entered the house of an 11-year-old girl and committed a heinous crime with her.
Officials said the girl’s mother approached police station Vijaypur but the SHO and other officials delayed registering the case and exerted undue influence and changed the nature of the complaint, forcing the complainant to come to a compromise with the accused.
He said that the minor girl and the mother were not treated as per the prescribed procedure of POCSO.
As soon as the DGP came to know about the case and the role of the officers through a report from the Criminal Investigation Department (CID), he ordered an investigation through the Crime Branch, and the special team confirmed the crime against the minor girl. , prompting the SHO to register one. Delayed cases in this regard, he said.
According to the order issued by the DGP, the conduct of some of these officers is indecent and warrants action as the duties were not performed in the prescribed manner, which amounts to gross dereliction of duty.
The order states that they are conspiring to register a case and evade investigation of the heinous crime.
The DGP also ordered a departmental inquiry against him under the chairmanship of Commandant Radhmi Wazir.