(a) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding involvement of Delhi Police
personnel in illegal liquor trading as reported in `Amar Ujala` dated September 18, 2007;
(b) if so, the total number of Police personnel involved in this regard and action taken
against the guilty personnel; and
(c) the steps taken by the Government to make the working of Delhi Police transparent and
corruption free?
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI V. RADHIKA SELVI)
(a) to (c): A CWP No. 490/07 Chetan Prakash Vs. Commissioner of Police was filed by one Shri
Chetan Prakash, resident of Uttam Nagar, Delhi in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi in this
regard. In pursuance of this Writ, all police personnel have been suspended except one ASI
who retired on 31.5.2007. A case vide FIR No. 702/07 under Section 7/13 (I)(D)(II) Prevention
of Corruption (POC) Act has been registered at Police Station, Nangloi against 26 police
personnel. Out of them, one constable died. Another case FIR No. 383/07 u/s 7/13 POC Act,
was also registered against 10 police personnel of Police Station, Dabri in pursuance of
another CWP 1897/05 filed by the same complainant in the Hon’ble High Court of Delhi. In both
the cases, no arrest has been made for want of CFSL report.
The steps taken by Delhi Police to make its working transparent and corruption free
include surprise checking by senior officers of the activities of personnel deployed for
patrolling duty and in police pickets; keeping a watch on personnel of suspicious character;
taking deterrent action such as suspension, transferring to non-sensitive units, initiating
disciplinary action for major/minor penalty and registering of cases etc. against the
delinquent police personnel by the department in cases where policemen are found involved in
such mal-practices etc. in order to restore public confidence in police, setting up of a single
window system at Police Headquarters for monitoring and tracking of complaints, providing
facility to the public to ring up senior officers, PCR and the Flying Squad of the Vigilance
Branch in case of any harassment by police official, providing facility of P.O. Box No. 171
in order to encourage the general public to the more vigilant about corrupt activities of
police. Through this facility public can send the complaints against corrupt policemen which
are attended to promptly and deterrent action is taken against the defaulters.