JAMMU, Mar 31: Against the desired level of mobility (a crucial marker of efficiency) in the police force, 26 Police Stations/Police Posts in the eight districts of the state were without any vehicle, while 28 Police Stations/Police Posts possessed condemned vehicles which continued to ply on road due to non-replacement till March 2014.
Condemned vehicles are those vehicles that have covered one lakh kilometers or eight years life (whichever is later).
Similarly as against requirement of against the requirement of 432 vehicles (Light Motor Vehicles (LMV): 248 and Motor Cycles (MC): 184) as envisaged by the Government of India, 105 Police Stations (40 urban and 65 rural) in the eight districts are holding only 134 vehicles (Light Motor Vehicles (LMV): 125 and Motor Cycles (MC): 9). On the whole, the shortage of Light Vehicles and Motor Cycles in the police force in the state was to the extent of 53 per cent and 69 per cent respectively till March 2014.
This shocking revelation came to the fore in the audit report for the year ended March 31, 2014.
This shortage was in wake of the fact that as per suggestions of UNDP sponsored study and accepted by the Steering Committee of Ministry of Home Affairs (Government of India), the requirement of vehicles was three light vehicles and three motor cycles for urban police stations, two light vehicles and two motor cycles for semi-urban police stations; two light vehicles and one motor cycle for rural police stations.
An analysis of the position of availability of mobility in police stations of eight test-checked districts in the audit showed that as against the requirement of 432 vehicles (LMV: 248 and MC: 184) as envisaged by the Government of India, 105 Police Stations (40 urban and 65 rural) in the eight districts were holding only 134 vehicles (LMV: 125 and MC: 9).
The Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) in September 2014 stated during exit conference that mobility in the police stations was being strengthened and that 107 new vehicles had been purchased exclusively for police stations and issuance thereof was under process.
Since the Police Stations/Posts are not authorized to operate funds, all the day to day logistics and running aids like fuel for vehicles, stationery, diet expenses, repair of vehicle and office equipment are provided by the District Level Officers (SP/ SSP) who also act as DDOs. However, the audit observed that utilisation of maximum share of funds had been at the district headquarter level leading to deprival of the Police Stations/Police Posts of the requisite facilities.
In a case of violation of J&K Police Manual, 198 police personnel were attached with retired police officers. As per J&K Police Manual, only serving police officers are entitled to the services of head constables and constables to work as their personal orderlies. However, in contravention, it was seen that 198 police personnel were attached with retired police officers. Further, 70 police personnel had been deployed with police/civilian officers who were posted in other districts, 180 police personnel had been deployed in the security of police officers and political leaders in excess of norms ('Y' category: 1-4 Guards at residence and two PSOs; 'X' category: two PSOs) fixed by the Security Wing of the Department and 653 police personnel had been attached with other units even outside the districts which was irregular.
As per the audit, the deployment of 165 police personnel to Police Headquarter (PHQ), Zonal Police Headquarter (ZPHQ), Range Police Headquarter (RPHQ), Police Hospital, Security Wing, Traffic wing and various other units was found without any approval from the Administrative Department. Audit also noticed that four officers posted outside the state were provided with five police personnel from the staff strength of SSP Jammu.
The Inspector General of Police (Headquarters) stated in September 2014 during exit conference that sufficient manpower was required for tackling the situation for building measures among the masses of Kashmir. The fact, however, remained that deployment without approval from the Competent Authority was irregular, the audit pointed out.
6393 police personnel (25 per cent) out of total strength of 25663 in eight test checked districts had been retained in district police lines and district police offices. Apart from this, police personnel had been attached to District police Headquarters Srinagar (131) and Reasi (70) from Armed Zone and Indian Reserve Police (IRP) despite the fact that these two districts had police personnel in excess.
Further instances of same government officer/political leader having been provided police personnel from multiple district police headquarters were noticed by audit and as many as 79 such police personnel were found deployed with 20 Government officers/ political leaders in the test-checked cases.
News Updated at : Wednesday, April 1, 2015
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