PATNA: About 11% of police personnel in Bihar have never received training on crowd control since joining the service. While 69% were imparted training on crowd control at the time of joining the service, 10% underwent training in the last two-three years and 9% before that.
A survey report titled ‘The Status of Policing in India Report 19’ by Common Cause and Lokniti Centre for the Study Developing Societies, which was released on August 28, revealed that Bihar ranked second after Assam in the category of ‘cops never underwent training on crowd control since their joining’.
The matter assumed significance in the wake of rise in incidents of mob violence in the state in the last few months. At least 30 incidents of mob violence have been reported in the state in the past four months and more than 12 people were lynched by frenzied crowd on one pretext or the other.
According to the report, while 69% cops were imparted training at the time of joining the police force, 10% underwent training in the last two-three years. Before that only 9% of the total strength of the state police force, which comes between 80,000 and 90,000, were deemed to be fit for training on crowd control. Similarly, 37% cops in Bihar were not imparted training on human rights and 24% on caste sensitization. Bihar topped the list in ‘cops never imparted training on human rights’ category.
Interestingly, about 20% of the police force in Bihar believed that it was natural for a mob to punish the culprit in the case of cow slaughter or kidnapping or rape. Overall, 35% cops across the country were of the opinion that it was natural to punish the culprit in the case of cow slaughter.
Bihar additional director general of police (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar, however, differed from what has been mentioned in the survey report. “It’s not true that we are lagging behind as far as training of the police personnel is concerned. We have charted out a detailed plan for training of cops and they are being sent for training in phases,” he told this newspaper. Kumar said several programmes were organized to sensitise the police personnel on human rights and mob violence. “This is a continuous process and police officers as well as constables are selected from the districts to be sent for training from time to time,” the ADGP, who is also the official spokesperson of state police, said.
Responding to a query on mob violence, the ADGP said, “Awareness campaigns have been launched in rural areas from where such incidents are mostly reported. Lack of awareness is the root cause behind such incidents in remote areas. At the same time, people are being made aware of legal action if they take law into their hands.”
Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Gaya, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur were among the districts which witnessed the maximum number of deaths due to mob lynching. In Saran, three people were lynched by a mob at Paigambarpur village on the suspicion of being cattle thieves.
A survey report titled ‘The Status of Policing in India Report 19’ by Common Cause and Lokniti Centre for the Study Developing Societies, which was released on August 28, revealed that Bihar ranked second after Assam in the category of ‘cops never underwent training on crowd control since their joining’.
The matter assumed significance in the wake of rise in incidents of mob violence in the state in the last few months. At least 30 incidents of mob violence have been reported in the state in the past four months and more than 12 people were lynched by frenzied crowd on one pretext or the other.
According to the report, while 69% cops were imparted training at the time of joining the police force, 10% underwent training in the last two-three years. Before that only 9% of the total strength of the state police force, which comes between 80,000 and 90,000, were deemed to be fit for training on crowd control. Similarly, 37% cops in Bihar were not imparted training on human rights and 24% on caste sensitization. Bihar topped the list in ‘cops never imparted training on human rights’ category.
Interestingly, about 20% of the police force in Bihar believed that it was natural for a mob to punish the culprit in the case of cow slaughter or kidnapping or rape. Overall, 35% cops across the country were of the opinion that it was natural to punish the culprit in the case of cow slaughter.
Bihar additional director general of police (headquarters) Jitendra Kumar, however, differed from what has been mentioned in the survey report. “It’s not true that we are lagging behind as far as training of the police personnel is concerned. We have charted out a detailed plan for training of cops and they are being sent for training in phases,” he told this newspaper. Kumar said several programmes were organized to sensitise the police personnel on human rights and mob violence. “This is a continuous process and police officers as well as constables are selected from the districts to be sent for training from time to time,” the ADGP, who is also the official spokesperson of state police, said.
Responding to a query on mob violence, the ADGP said, “Awareness campaigns have been launched in rural areas from where such incidents are mostly reported. Lack of awareness is the root cause behind such incidents in remote areas. At the same time, people are being made aware of legal action if they take law into their hands.”
Patna, Saran, Vaishali, Gaya, Bhojpur, Begusarai, Sitamarhi and Muzaffarpur were among the districts which witnessed the maximum number of deaths due to mob lynching. In Saran, three people were lynched by a mob at Paigambarpur village on the suspicion of being cattle thieves.
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