New chapters being added to assist cops handle 26/11-like situations better
New chapters being added to assist copsu00a0 handle 26/11-like situations better
New chapters are being added to the 50-year-old Maharashtra Police manual to tackle 26/11-like situations in a better manner. The manual lays guidelines, which police officials are required to follow till a case reaches its
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Booked: B G Gaykar claims that the new chapters will help cops tackle complications involved in framing charges against suspected terrorists. Pic/Vivek Sabnis |
logical end in the court of law.
"The new chapters in the police manual will help investigating officials tackle complications involved in framing charges against suspected terrorists more effectively," said Superintendent of Police B G Gaykar, the co-coordinator of the team working on making changes in the manual.
A special group of experts was set up recently under the leadership of SPS Yadav, the additional director general State CID, in which Gaykar, Police Inspector BR Patil, Police Inspector P D Poman and a team of law experts, including Ayub Pathan, Prem Agarwal and Shivaji Kale were assigned to effect changes in the manual.
According to Gaykar, the Police manual has now been added with new chapters. During a recent visit to Pune, the state DGP S S Virk hinted at the change in the panel. Virk has said that India has been a frontrunner in the global fight against terrorism. Hence, the legal framework for dealing with such activities, including measures related to financing of terrorism, have been reviewed.
"The recommended changes in the manual have been sent to SS Virk, the state DGP, on Saturday," said Shivaji Kale, who even added that he did not expect the changes to be of any help to police officers investigating the 26/11 Mumbai terror attacks, as the cops were going by the existing manual.
Police manual, a historyu00a0
The British government in 1860 made the original police manual for the state police. The basic principles were accepted in the revised manual in 1956 when the Mumbai Police Act was made in 1951. The Marathi translation of the manual was done 12 years back by a team headed by former DGP Arvind Inamdar.
