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Parliamentary panel quizzes police chief over gang-rape
Thursday December 27, 2012 10:48:55 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi: A
parliamentary panel Thursday quizzed Delhi Police chief Neeraj
Kumar on the steps needed to make women more safe in the city,
ensure speedy trial in rape cases and effectively patrol the
streets, sources said.
Union Home Secretary R.K. Singh, who was also summoned by the
parliamentary standing committee on home affairs, could not attend
the meeting, they said.
The panel summoned the two officials in view of the Dec 16
gang-rape of a 23-year-old woman in a moving bus here. She is
battling for life in a Singapore hospital.
According to sources, the panel asked the police chief to suggest
steps to make the city more safe for women, ensure quick rape
trials and make the laws more stringent.
Neeraj Kumar recounted the sequence of events of the ghastly crime
and told the panel that police control room vans responded quickly
after being informed about the incident.
The panel also took note of the shortage of officers and vehicles
for effective patrolling.
Congress MP Sandeep Diskhit, who represents East Delhi Lok Sabha
constituency and is the son of Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit,
pointed out that there was a disconnect between the senior and
lower rung police officers.
The chief minister has been demanding that Delhi Police, who
function under the home ministry, be brought under the control of
the city government.
The panel also sought clarification on related issues from the
home and law ministries and would review them in the next meeting
in the first week of January 2013, said the sources.
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