(a) the number of persons killed/injured in police/central forces
firing to disperse the crowd during each of the last three years
and the current year separately, State-wise;
(b) whether any task force has been constituted to invite
suggestions regarding the use of non-fatal methods to
tackle the crowd;
(c) if so, the details thereof; and
(d) the methods being currently adopted to use non-fatal
methods to tackle the crowd?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN)
(a): State-wise statement of total number of civil causalities/injured
due to Police action during 2008, 2009 and 2010 in agitation is enclosed
at Annexure.
(b) to (d): The Ministry of Home Affairs had constituted a Task
Force under the Chairmanship of Union Home Secretary with representatives
of Intelligence Bureau, Central Reserve Police Force, Border Security Force,
Bureau of Police Research & Development, Defence Research Development
Organization and the State Governments of Maharashtra, Jammu & Kashmir,
West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Manipur and Chhattisgarh to
recommend Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) to deal with public
agitation with non-lethal measures vide order dated 22nd September, 2010.
The Task Force has finalized the SOP and the same has been circulated
to all the States / UTs / Central Police Organizations. The objective
of the SOP is to provide guidelines for dispersal of an unlawful assembly
with minimum necessary force with minimum possible collateral damage.