In one of the biggest actions against its own personnel, the Delhi Police has suspended 69 policemen and dismissed eight from duty on charges of corruption in the last 10 months.
Since the last one and half years, the Vigilance Unit of Delhi Police has registered 36 cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act through the complaints they received on the helpline. Acting on those complaints, 74 police personnel including two Inspectors, six Sub-Inspectors, six Assistant Sub-Inspectors, 22 Head Constables and 38 Constables were suspended.
In addition to this, 10 cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act have also been registered in local police stations in Delhi against 10 police personnel including five Sub-Inspectors, one Assistant Sub-Inspector, two Head Constables and two Constables.
“Apart from registering POC Act cases and taking up investigation, the vigilance department has taken strict departmental action against the defaulting personnel. In all, 69 officers have been placed under suspension and 8 were dismissed on corruption charges. Of these, 39 are from the local police, 14 from the Traffic Unit, and 24 from the Police Control Room,” said Special Commissioner (Vigilance) Amulya Patnaik.
“Since its inception last year on August 6 last year, we have received nearly one lakh complaints in various forms on the helpline 9910641064 till June 31 this year. Out of this, there were 85,657 WhatsApp messages, 10,442 calls and 3590 complaints were received through SMS,” he added.
In addition to this, our helpline numbers 1064 and 1800111064 (landlines) were also available to complainants, and handled 537 calls regarding inaction, corruption and other miscellaneous issues.
Besides complaints pertaining to Delhi Police, so far about 3,000 calls and messages were also received on our helpline pertaining to other departments under the Delhi Government such as MCD, Delhi Jal Board, and Transport etc have also been received by Delhi Police. “These complaints have been referred to the Anti-Corruption Branch of the GNCT of Delhi for necessary action,” said Mr. Patnaik. A meeting was taken by LG Najeeb Jung on July 4 to review the law and order situation in Delhi during which he was informed about this special drive over the last one year against corruption in police.
“We have informed the LG that the Anti-Corruption Helplines of Delhi Police 1064 and 9910641064 have become very popular with the public and are being used to report any corrupt demand/misdemeanour by policemen, though a number of calls received have not been found actionable after due enquiry,” said Special Commissioner (Law and Order) Deepak Mishra.
The LG lauded the sustained efforts of the Delhi Police on the anti-corruption front. The success of the Anti-Corruption Helplines and particularly the follow-up legal and departmental was also appreciated by him.
The Delhi Police will continue its anti-corruption drive, and all districts and units heads have been sensitised in this regard, he added.
Apart from registering POC Act cases and taking up investigation, the Vigilance Department has taken strict departmental action against the defaulting personnel
