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| Pathetic fiscal condition of J&K notwithstanding, sr cops' "princely" lifestyles cost State exchequer | | | Bharat Bhushan
JAMMU, Sept 24: Though J&K's fiscal health is not so good and it depends mainly on the Centre for its several projects, the "princely" lifestyles of many of its serving police officers at the cost of State exchequer are making it poorer.
"Many senior police officers of the rank of district SPs and above continue to make misuse of official vehicles in violation of rules," a senior police officer said.
"It is the duty of police headquarters (PHQ) to take notice of such matters and ensure that no one gets more than his actual entitlement but it has miserably failed to perform this duty," he added.
As per rule, a serving district SP is entitled to keep with him only one car and a Maruti Gypsy. While DIG too cannot keep more than a car and a Gypsy, range IGP is authorised to have one car and two Gypsies. But those, posted in militancy affected zones, can carry with them additional squad vehicles for their protection.
But these norms were not being followed by most of the police officers. While some district SPs allegedly had four-plus vehicles, some DIGs and IGPs had six to seven vehicles, the officer said.
The additional vehicles were in the use of their family members. Petrol for them was also being issued by police, he alleged.
Some Commandants of Armed Battalions too had allegedly retained official vehicles for domestic use, the officer said.
The battalions also had trucks, which were being used to transport cement, saria and household items by some Commandants, he alleged and added that a new police truck was recently used by a Commandant to carry cement and saria from a godown at Paloura to his residence somewhere at Bhatindi.
The officer said the flagrant misuse of official vehicles and fuel by this lot of officers was going on unnoticed for the past several years. They were really a burden on the State exchequer, he added.
He said Maruti cars, vans and other vehicles of a police wing were too being used by some officers for their personal use.
Some officers, who were posted in Kashmir but had their houses in Jammu, too had retained official vehicles for their families, he informed.
The officer felt that there was an urgent need of initiating austerity measures in police and use the money, thus saved, for the welfare of lower ranks and their families. |
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