Mangalore: FIR Help Desk in SP office inaugurated
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Daijiworld Media Network- Mangalore (RS)
Mangalore, Jun 2: A help desk has been set up for the convenience of those who face problems in registering their complaints at the police stations, to be able to register the First Information Reports (FIR) without any hitch, at the office of the superintendent of police here. The desk was opened on Tuesday June 2.
District superintendent of police(SP) Dr A Subrahmanyeshwar Rao said, this has been a unique and innovative step in the entire country, where the members of the general public who fail to get their complaints registered at the respective police stations for various reasons, will be offered with an opportunity to register them here. He explained that this initiative was undertaken based on the inputs from the people who said, some of the police stations do not treat the complainants well, when he or she approaches them to file FIR.
The desk has been put up at the entrance to the office of the SP, and B J Bhandary, deputy superintendent of police, will be the nodal officer for the same.
The desk was inaugurated by a person named Janardhan, who had come from Puttur on some official work.
On the occasion, the SP said, that the control room telephone number 100 will soon function as a call centre with four lines. This will also be connected to a vehicle patrolling the city equipped with the Global Positioning System, to be able to effectively deal with the information that comes through the telephone line.
Earlier in the day, a display of the assets and valuables seized by the policemen from the thieves was organized at the Police Maidan. They included gold ornaments, vehicles, weapons etc., recovered from the accused in cases of theft, robbery and dacoity registered in various police stations in the district.
The value of the assets displayed was around Rs 23 lac, with valuables worth Rs 9.95 having already been returned to the complainants, the SP said.