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Collective efforts saw police defuse major law and order crisis, says IGP

Published On : 23 May 2016


Mangaluru (TOI): Laying credit on collective team effort that saw major problems in Western Range in general and Dakshina Kannada in particular being solved, Amrit Paul, inspector-general of police (western range) urged for better understanding of police and its ability to deliver. It is this very effort that saw police successfully handle sensitive cases in four districts of the range that had all the trappings of becoming a major law and order problem, he said.

Replying to a farewell accorded to him by Dakshina Kannada and Udupi district police on his transfer as IGP (administration) here on S unday, Amrit Paul recalled the Akshata Devadiga rape and murder case in Udupi, Harish Poojary murder case in DK, and desecration of a religious place in Chikkamagaluru that had would have led to major law and order issue. "It was the solid, scientific investigation that helped police detect the case at the earliest," he said.

Saying that police do not have a magic wand to detect case, Amrit said it is often the result of team work and pain staking investigation and efforts of police personnel that helps the department to deliver. Expressing satisfaction at his two-year tenure as the head of the range, often considered a challenging posting in the home department, Amrit laid credit for the same to the hardwork done by superintendents of police and the personnel at their command in this time.

Noting that transfer is painful but inevitable in a government official's life, Amrit said it is only when one sees and serves in different places do they grow professionally. In a lighter vein, Amrit said a police officer comes to know about certain sections of IPC only when he or she serves in a district such as Dakshina Kannada. He also recalled the fact that he has served nearly eight of his 20-years service in the coastal districts of Dakshina Kannada and Udupi and deems it his second home.

Sharanappa SD, superintendent of police, DK transferred as DCP (South), Bengaluru City Police too was accorded a farewell on this occasion. Describing his two-year plus tenure in one of the most difficult districts in the state as most self-satisfying one, Sharanappa recalled he came to DK for first time with a transfer order. "When I was in Gadag, my seniors asked me to go to DK but I sought more time since I had served for a very short time in Gadag," he said.

"However, the second time, they transferred me to DK without asking me," he said, adding the initial months were the toughest ever. This coupled with hardships faced when Karnataka High Court ordered his and three other police officials for dereliction of duty made the initial going even tougher. Thanking support he received from government, and his seniors in this hour of crisis, Sharanappa said guidance and support from the IGP helped him during his tenure.

 


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