Delhi Police Commissioner Alok Kumar Verma on Monday met a group of African nationals living in the city and assured them of prompt redressal of their grievances.
Mr. Verma also apprised them of various steps being taken by the police for ensuring their safety and security in the city, a senior police officer said.
The delegation met the police chief at the Delhi Police Headquarters.
Union Minister of State for External Affairs V.K. Singh, along with Mr. Verma, had on Sunday held a meeting with heads of several villages in and around Mehrauli and Chhatarpur areas.
The Delhi Police on Monday organised a number of sensitisation programmes in south Delhi areas, including Rajpur Khurd, Maidan Garhi and other urban villages in and around Mehrauli and Chhatarpur. The programmes were led by DCP and Additional DCP-rank officers in the district under the supervision of Mr. Verma, a senior police officer said.
India’s guest
Addressing one such gathering, DCP (South) Ishwar Singh said, “They (African nationals) have come to our country, they are our guests and friends. They have come here just because they trust us.”
“The way you behave with them will have repercussions on our brothers living outside. An example is the way Indians were attacked after the murder of a Congolese youth,” he said.
The sensitisation programmes are being organised following instruction from Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh to ensure safety and security of African people living in the Capital.
“The police have intensified patrolling in the area where the African community is present. Various meetings with local communities including RWAs/MWAs were held all over Delhi in order to raise their awareness about the African nationals.
“They (people) were also briefed not to take law into their hands. Meetings were also held where people from African and Indian communities were present together to increase the level of understanding between them,” the Delhi Police said in a statement.
The Delhi Police organised a number of sensitisation programmes in South Delhi
