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Mangalore: Police should not detain people without proof - state HRC member

  •   Fri, Mar 01 2013 09:51:24 PM

Mangalore: Police should not detain people without proof - state HRC member

Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (DV)

Mangalore, Mar 1: "The right to life is the fundamental right of every individual in the society, it should be embraced with dignity and respect. Every individual in the society must be respected and human values and dignity should be upheld," said C G Hunagund, Karnataka State Human Rights Commission member, while addressing the district officers of various departments in DC office, here today.

"It is the responsibility of the National Human Rights Commission to prevent violation of human rights. As civilization, modernization and rationalization develop, humanity too must grow alongside."

"When we perform our daily tasks, we should be conscious so as not to invade the rights of another person," he added.

Citing the example of the recent arrest and release of Bangalore reporters on charges of terrorism, he slammed the Bangalore police for arresting without proper evidence and said, "The police department should not detain any person without authentic proof. Though interrogation is necessary, detention should have some basis and innocent people should not be picked up in the name of investigation. Some of the media are spreading the message that people from the minority community have been arrested, but according to law, human rights are equal to everyone, be it minority or majority."

"We receive complaints of human rights violation in the state, in various areas like police department, in women and child sector, prisoners, sexual harassment of women, child labor etc. Every individual has the right to live happily and get basic facilities."

He further said, "In this district there are 150 cases of human rights violations in which 130 are authentic. There are only two rehabilitation centers for endosulfan victims; earlier the government had sanctioned only Rs 2 crore but this time it is increased to Rs 20 crore."

He also expressed grief on the decreasing female ratio, and said that this was because of human right violations. "Development is necessary for the state, but in the name of development, human rights are being violated which is a crime. So, complete the work with a concern for humanity, to uphold the respect and dignity of human values," he said.

Between 2007 and 2013, the commission received 1,746 complaints of human rights violation, out of which 1,068 have been disposed and the remaining 678 are pending. Chief among the cases in Mangalore handled by the commission were church attacks, pub attack, cases of moral policing, Endosulfan issue, arrest of journalist of Kannada daily, complaints against hydro-power projects, Made Snana, complaints regarding provision of jobs to displaced families under MSEZ and others.

Dakshina Kannada deputy commissioner N Prakash, city police commissioner Manish Karbikar, assistant DC Dayanand were present on this occasion.

Hunagund also visited the district jail later and conducted inspection.
  

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  • Francis(Joe) Martis, Barkur/USA

    Sun, Mar 03 2013

    Police, Law Enforcement in India is like a Old School. They have never changed with the changes and developments all over the country in every direction. Reason could be the method of training is same as that of 25-20 years ago. There must be changes. No Police Personnel should arrest a person without a proof or at the least beyond reasonable doubt. Arresting someone on a doubt or some unreliable source is too bad.
    Hope some day it will change.

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  • Langoolacharya., Belman/Washington,DC.

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    People,

    Police should be well educated, well trained and well paid like in western countries....

    We dont do none of the above and expect them to act honestly and impartially....how that could happen???

    Also Police transfers and postings should be kept out of perview of politicians...so they dont have to listen to politicians commands again like western countries...

    There is a saying in english "For peanuts you get monkeys".....

    Jai Hooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

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  • jacintha, mangalore

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    Police at thier worst?

    This incident happened last year, in Mumbai. 4 foreign tourists, who were students, had been to a cafe in Mumbai for dinner. They had just ordered their drinks, suddenly there was a raid from the police task force. In seconds, they took away the mobiles, purse and what little belongings the girls had, and were ordered to accompany them out. To their surprise, media people were ready and clicked them.
    The girls were booked under imooral trafficking act and .. you know what follows.

    A good samaritan, knowing they were innoscent, informed the embassy and after 30 day ordeal, the students left.

    Questions:
    1. If the Cafe is an unethical place, why is it given licence to operate?

    2. Just being there to drink something(it isn't a bar) - how does it get into immoral trafficking?

    To meet the targets, the police find easy ways out - they take anyone on their path. Once a section is put on you, you are at their mercy.

    Note: Don't start the tourists may not be innoscent line. It is not required.

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  • Vishal, Mangalore/Bangalore

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    Dear Human Rights Commission Member, please also speak about the human rights of the innocent families who lose their member in attacks.

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  • Vincy, Bangkok

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    Be it Karnataka or UP, Bihar, the police personnel are never given a proper training on human rights and Indian constitution. For them Lathi means it is their birth right to hit and chase people at strikes and morcha.The arrest and interrogation means way to make more money other than collected on duty on roads.
    Most of the innocent people who are arrested on doubts or suspicion never reveal to the magistrate about the ill treatment and beating while in custody or on the way to the station. So the police continue their own style of handling the jungle law.
    In our district even today many police officers have their own den to take the suspects and keep them in a secret places for more than 24 hours and then produces at the residence of magistrate at odd hours. The sleepy magistrate do not want to see or study the law book and simply writes a judicial custody which is another opportunity to the police to make more money.

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  • JR,

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    HRC SHOULD GIVE PRIORITY TO PROTECT
    THE COMMON MAN WHO SUFFER FOR LACK OF JUSTICE BEING POLICE ACT IN THE HANDS OF GROUPS/POLITICIANS WHICH IS ROOT CAUSE ALMOST 90% BECAUSE OF THE OTHER SIDE BEING PROXIMITY TO SUCH GROUPS/POLITICIANS AND THERE BY COMPELLING THE SUFFERER TO GET ASSOCIATED WITH THE GROUPS FOR REVENGE TOPS THE FAILURE OF SYSTEM.
    HRC SHOULD BE IMPARTIAL IN ITS POLICIES.

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  • Bulsam, Mangalore

    Sat, Mar 02 2013

    If charged under Section 96 of the Karnataka Police Act, 1963, which allows the police to arrest anyone found under “suspicious circumstances between sunset and sunrise” is time and again misused against the minorities. The police don’t even spare the family of respected Muslim community. An incident on 23rd February that I have witness outside Pabba’s Ice Cream Parlour, Lalbagh and was shocked at the behaviour of the night beat police in civil dress. Around 10:30 pm around three or four young well to do decent Muslim couples were having ice-cream near their cars outside the Pabba’s ice-cream parlour and suddenly few night beat police along with sub-inspector went to them and started shouting and abusing them without any warning, threatened them with their police-stick and forcible chased them away. If customers are not allowed to eat ice-cream outside the ice-cream parlour than why the police allow the take-away counter of Pabba’s to remain open till late hours. In this case I have noticed that the powers of Karnataka Police Act are misused by the night beat civil police against a particular community.

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