Haryana State First Police Mitra Kaksh opens in Karnal

Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the state’s first ‘Police Mitra Kaksh’ (PMK), constructed at a cost of Rs 30 lakh by the Police Housing Corporation.

Facts :

• On a pilot basis, the state’s first PMK inaugurated by Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar at Civil Lines Police Station in Karnal.
• This PMK will provide facilities like registration of grievances, registration of missing property, cyber cafe verification, hotel registration and police participation in community liaison.
• Each PMK would be equipped with modern facilities wherein a police officer would be in charge and the rest would be computer experts, all in mufti. Complaints would be settled in a fixed time frame.
• A fee of Rs 50 would be charged for character certificate, verification for employment, police clearance certificate, permission for function, procession or demonstration, domestic help verification and tenant verification. All these facilities would be provided within 15 days.
• The fee for seeking information under the RTI Act will be Rs 10 and the desired information would be provided within 30 days.
• The state government is also planning two wings of the police, registration wing and investigation wing.600 vehicles would be given to the police under Dial-100 by November 2018.
• If pilot project being successful, the project would be implemented at police headquarters in all districts of the state and would cost about Rs 50 crore.
• There are more than 300 police stations in the state where Police Mitra Kaksh would be established and each Kaksh would have a modern building costing about Rs 15 lakh.
• Community liaisoning groups would also be constituted for implementation of this project.
• Similar facilities have been created in the District Police Headquarters located in the mini-secretariat and in Madhuban, Gharaunda, Indri, Butana and Assandh police stations.

Analysis :

• The Police Mitra Kaksh would remain functional round- the-clock and would facilitate the people in lodging their complaints.
• It will aim at better co-ordination between the police and public.
• Citing the example of Singapore, CM Khatter directed Director General of Police (DGP) BS Sandhu not to display the names of police stations on the front for overcoming fear of the police.
• Allied services provided by the police like PMKs and community liaison group should be highlighted.
• The DGP sought implementation of Haryana Police Act, 2011, for more benefits to citizens.
• At present, Haryana state is following the Punjab Police Rules, 1934. Although Haryana has its own police Act, it has not been implemented so far.