Delhi Police to annually induct NE youth
Source: The Sangai Express / Press Trust of India

New Delhi, December 30 2014: Delhi Police will induct 160 youth from the North Eastern States of the country every year to make it better equipped to deal with crime against people from these States in the National capital.

Minister of State for Home Affairs Kiren Rijiju made the announcement here at Delhi Police headquarters while holding a meeting on problems faced by people of the North Eastern States in Delhi with senior Delhi Police officials here today.

The Minister said that 10 male and 10 female personnel will be inducted in Delhi Police every year from Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.

For this, Rijiju has written a letter to the Chief Ministers of all these eight States to recruit the youth as per their recruitment policy and procedure while keeping the Delhi Police in loop.

The letter was signed by him today at PHQ in the presence of Delhi Police Commissioner BS Bassi and other senior officials.

Bassi had written a letter in this regard to all DGPs of these States and Rijiju in his letter has asked the Chief Ministers to expedite the process.

The decision has been taken keeping in mind the low representation of people from the North East in the force which has seen a spurt in crime against people from the hilly States residing in the National capital.

"What we have realized is that the Delhi Police do not proportionately represent the people of North Eastern region in its forces.

There are incidents in which we feel that North Eastern people have to be more visible.

"Sometimes, justice is not enough to be done, it should be seem to be done.

So, Delhi Police despite taking care about the North Eastern issues, we sometimes feel that it is not well represented in its force," said Rijiju.

Currently, only 39 policemen from North Eastern States are serving with Delhi Police.

Out of these, 10 are Indian Police Service officers while the rest are serving in various positions.

Rijiju also said that very soon, policy guideline will be formed as per the recommendations of the MP Bezbaruah Committee report.

The committee was formed after Arunachal Pradesh student Nido Tania was killed in an alleged racial attack in Delhi earlier this year.

The 11-member committee had conducted a study into the problems and recommended measures to reduce conflicts faced by people from the North East.

The Minister was welcomed at the PHQ here by Bassi along with other senior officials and given a Guard of Honour.

A number of young man and woman had gathered at the PHQ on this occasion and Rijiju interacted with them to understand the problems faced by them and their possible solutions.

Rijiju also praised Delhi Police for its efforts to tackle issues related to people from the North East and its approach in tackling crime in the city as a whole.

"Often what we see is that the achievements or the success stories of the Delhi Police or for that matter any force is not reflected proportionately, but the failures are proportionately reflected.

I must say that we do have failures as the challenges we face are very complex, but the success story of Delhi Police is rated very high," said Rijiju.

There are elements in the society that will always try to dodge the laws.

I am happy that the Delhi Police is well-equipped and dealing with the situation with the limitations they have, he said.

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