ANTI-CAA stir: Over 350 PCR calls made Work load: On-duty NHM worker suffers heart attack Jamia students demand judicial inquiry into deaths across India

NEW DELHI: Regular briefings, strategic deployment, assisting people in distress-this is how the Delhi Police PCR unit handled the CAA protests in December. More than 350 PCR calls related to various kind of demonstrations came to city police.

Deputy Commissioner of Police (PCR) Sharat Sinha told

that after the second week of December, they received in between 350-400 PCR calls related to the CAA protests. "The calls were of various nature like gathering, stone pelting, march. In many occasions there were multiple PCR calls of one incident," said Sinha.

According to police, most of the calls came from South East Delhi, North East Delhi,

Shahdara, Central Delhi. These were the districts which witnessed violence during the protests. Over two dozen people were injured and more than 50 people were arrested for their involvement in violence.

An official said that the PCR staff were briefed every day about their responsibilities during the law and order situation. "The mobile patrol vehicle (MPV) of PCR had all equipment to handle any situation," said an official.

The officer added that they have also made strategic deployment in some areas close to protest spots so that PCR can reach there instantaneously and assist local police. "We have trained the staff in such a way that they can handle any kind of situation," said an officer.

According to Delhi Police data from December 1 to

December 26, over 1,982 people were taken to hospital by PCR. "It includes 535 people who were injured in road accidents. While over 1,400 people were injured during quarrels or other incidents," the data shows. An officer said that during the law and order situation in the city, they carried out their humanitarian work.

Police said that there are 912 four-wheeler Patrol Vehicles and 140 two-wheeler Patrol motorcycles deployed to cover entire Delhi as field support units to handle distress calls, law and order arrangements and securing VVIPS routes.

According to police they have identified 651 high visibility stop points and deployed 335 PCR vans during night hours from 11 pm to 5 am daily to cover these points.

GURUGRAM: For long the National Health Mission (NHM) workers who have been employed by the district health department on contractual basis blamed for poor and stressful working conditions and delays in payment of salaries. The voices of anger again gained momentum after one of the NHM workers identified as Rajesh an ambulance driver suffered a heart attack while on duty on Thursday.

He was subsequently admitted in the government hospital where his life was saved after stents were placed in his heart.

As per the NHM workers association, Rajesh was being forced to work for 12 hours a day without any offs. It has also been alleged that he was not given his full salary for four months in a row.

The NHM has highlighted that even though Rajesh's case got attention several of its workers have faced various health issues due to the poor working conditions.

Having gone on strike several times the workers have threatened to go on strike again over the issue.

“The government on its part have always tried to meet the demands for the aggrieved workers. It is not that the situation is completely gloomy. We have met some of their demands in the past and we will continue to make sure that the satisfaction levels of the workers are maintained,” said Dr JS Punia, the Chief Medical Officer of the Gurugram Civil Hospital.

NEW DELHI: Students of Jamia Millia Islamia on Friday took their demands outside the university campus and demanded a judicial inquiry into the deaths across the country in the ongoing anti-caa protests. The students also threatened that if their demands are not met they might call for a nationwide huger strike in other universities from January 1 and Jamia students would go on relay hunger strikes pressing for these demands.

The students of Jamia on Friday sat for a symbolic oneday hunger strike against the police action across the country where several deaths have been reported since the onset of violence in various parts of the country especially Uttar Pradesh.

The students accused the police of using excessive force since the beginning of the protest in December. The students accused Delhi police of barging into hostels and library and using brutal force on students on the pretext of outsiders entering the university premises.

However, in response to police crackdown, especially triggered by the police action on Jamia and Aligarh Muslim University, various universities and localities across India rose up to protest in solidarity. The students also showed resentment against the lodging of the FIR on 1200 AMU students even after they wee peacefully taking out a candlelight march on December 25.

The students also voiced their concerns over measures taken by some states like arbitrary cutting off of the internet, and the imposition of section 144 in various regions of the country.

The students demanded an impartial judicial probe into all deaths and violent action by police forces across the country. Compensation and medical aid to those injured in police brutalities, the release of those who have been detained without valid proof of indulging into violence.

Compensation for property destroyed due to the police action and end of an internet blackout.