Millennium Post

More than 90,000 cases disposed in 3 months

- ABHAY SINGH

NEW DELHI: In order to reduce pendency of cases, Delhi Police in four months disposed of 93,764 pending cases. Sources said that Delhi Police Commission­er himself monitors the disposal and in several crime review meetings he reviewed the pendency of cases.

Police sources told that from January 1 to March 30 as many as 77,994 cases were disposed off whereas 15,770 cases were disposed from April 1 to April 14. One of the districts disposed of 7,021 cases whereas four districts separately disposed of more than 6,000 cases. Three districts separately solved over 5,000 cases.

Sources said that in September last year, in a bid to clear the massive backlog of pending cases, Delhi Police Commission­er Amulya Patnaik, in a crime review meeting with deputy commission­ers (DCPS) of all districts and units of Delhi Police, directed them to expedite the process with proper investigat­ion.

Sources added that Joint commission­ers and Deputy commission­ers will be able to keep tabs on the probe undertaken by investigat­ing officers (IO) in all cases pending for more than a couple of years.

Sources further said that till the start of New

from January 1 to March 30 as many as 77,994 cases were disposed off whereas 15,770 cases were disposed from April 1 to April 14

Year, as many as 1,02,094 cases were pending whereas 92306 cases added this year. Another meeting related to the disposal of cases took place this year. Sources told that the meeting was chaired by Special Commission­er of Police rank officer.

"The discussion­s were held on pending complaints of VIP references from Public Grievances Commission (PGC), Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), Centralize­d Public Grievance Redress And Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), NHRC, Listening Post of Lieutenant Governor," said sources adding that the pendency of the complaints was till February 5.

In another meeting to review the redressal of grievances received through Centralize­d Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), Delhi Police was told that there should be sustained efforts at the police station level to build up trust among citizens of Delhi.

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