Act as per SOP, carry outcomes: DGP Abhay tells cops

Express News Service
BHUBANESWAR: AS Odisha Police is all set to launch a particular drive to hint and rescue lacking kids from January 18, DGP Abhay has directed the senior officers within the districts to evaluation all of the lacking kids circumstances of their respective jurisdictions and take steps to seek out them.

In a letter to all of the SPs, Twin City DCPs and SPs of Cuttack and Rourkela Railways, the DGP famous with concern that there was a lot scope for enchancment in tracing lacking kids in Odisha.According to the National Tracking System for Missing Children, there are 11,956 kids lacking within the State. In the final one yr, 1,172 kids went lacking from the State, however solely 256 have been traced and rescued by the police.  The CID-Crime Branch has issued a sequence of elaborate tips to hint lacking kids. A Crime Branch round of February, 2020 has additionally been issued concerning the usual working process (SOP) to be adopted in case of lacking individuals. 

Abhay requested the senior officers to instruct the IICs, OICs and SDPOs to evaluation all of the lacking kids circumstances within the police stations and hint them by following the SOP issued by the Crime Branch. “The officers should first contact the parents/guardians of all the missing children and update the records. They should also update the records of the children traced by them. The result of the drive should be intimated to the Crime Branch IG regularly,” he emphasised.

The SOP issued by means of the  Crime Branch has listed instant steps to be taken after initiation of an inquiry or investigation of a lacking individual’s case. However, a lot of it was not adopted within the Nayagarh case the place the district police is on the receiving finish for its shoddy investigation. 

In the round, investigating and inquiry officers have been clearly instructed to seek out out the names of the potential suspects and interrogate them with none lack of time. Other instant steps to be adopted embrace inspecting shut kinfolk, pals, associates and others associated to the lacking individual and confirm the info and circumstances disclosed by them totally.The cops have been directed to try to elicit info concerning the seemingly explanation for disappearance of the lacking individuals after which work on these traces. 

ODISHA’S MISSING CHILDREN

There are 11,956 kids lacking within the StateIn the final 1 yr, 1,172 kids went lacking from the State, however solely 256 have been rescued by the police  (Data – National Tracking System for Missing Children)