Inquiry initiated against seven Delhi cops in gang-rape case

May 24, 2013 10:15 am | Updated June 13, 2016 02:04 am IST - NEW DELHI:

The Union Government on Thursday informed the Delhi High Court that a departmental inquiry has been started against seven Delhi Police personnel to find out whether there was any dereliction of duty on their part during the gang-rape of a physiotherapy student in a moving bus in December last.

Counsel for the Union Ministry informed a Division Bench of Justice Darmar Murugesan and Justice Jayant Nath that the police personnel facing the inquiry also included those policemen who were on duty in the PCR van which was patrolling the area through which the bus had passed during the commission of the crime.

Meanwhile, counsel for the Delhi Police informed the Bench that a training programme had been chalked out to sensitise policemen from the constable to the inspector level on gender aspects and crime against women.

Five days in a month had been earmarked for sensitising the personnel on gender aspects, counsel for the city police said, adding that they would also be trained for one day in a month over the next three months about crime against women.

While making strong observations over the brutal sexual assault on a minor girl here last month, the Court had stated that the city police should identify areas in which police officers could be trained to make them more sensitive to deal with such crimes.

The Court had then asked the city police to give a serious thought to train the police personnel on the two aspects in the backdrop of the reporting in the media that the officers investigating the rape of the minor girl had conducted themselves in an insensitive manner.

The Bench has been hearing the matter suo motu. It had taken up for hearing the gang-rape of the physiotherapy student suo motu last year.

0 / 0
Sign in to unlock member-only benefits!
  • Access 10 free stories every month
  • Save stories to read later
  • Access to comment on every story
  • Sign-up/manage your newsletter subscriptions with a single click
  • Get notified by email for early access to discounts & offers on our products
Sign in

Comments

Comments have to be in English, and in full sentences. They cannot be abusive or personal. Please abide by our community guidelines for posting your comments.

We have migrated to a new commenting platform. If you are already a registered user of The Hindu and logged in, you may continue to engage with our articles. If you do not have an account please register and login to post comments. Users can access their older comments by logging into their accounts on Vuukle.