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| Better Work : Worst Rank-Police Report Card | | | D.K. Vaid | 8/8/2011 9:08:07 PM |
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The newly released data of National Crimes Records Bureau ( NCRB ) have convinced me about one thing. That statistics and lies are real kins. The Bureau brief baffles one through its tabulated facts. See, how figures can play foul and put friendly Puducherry and literate Kerala in the bracket of highest crime rate States. Bihar, U.P., NCR rank far below, your understanding not withstanding. Imagine Delhi not being anywhere near the top notch in crime. The cool and inviting Indore, Bhopal and Jaipur hold the dubious distinction of being the first, second and third in this race of crime record. I have visited all the three and was almost dying with delight to find no nakas or a policeman with a gun for miles around. Jammu, in comparison, has a record of sorts for gun totting sepoys, nakas and speed breakers. J&K Police’s second and third best way of arresting crime is naka and speed breaker, respectively. The first, of course, is not to register an FIR.
To make my point home, I will cite two small incidents.
In the shining noon of a friendly winter and under the heaviness of a delicious lunch, my friend moved out of his club to reach back his place of work. His car was nowhere to be seen! The vehicle had been simply stolen. A few frantic up – downs in the parking lot later, the nearest police station was approached. The police blankly refused to register an FIR. No coaxing would work. My friend, like me, has failed to rear a patron; so, threatening the Thana people was out of question. He rang me for help. I, in turn, telephoned the divisional head of police, who was slightly known to me and was a fine gentleman. He listened and questioned me laconically. ‘Don’t you think, Mr.Vaid, registering of an FIR in an act of crime, should be as natural as water in the tap?’ ‘Very true sir!’ I said and continued without pause. ‘The tap water pipes are choked, sir!’ Seven minutes later, car theft FIR was duly registered. Boss bashing made the Thanedar to act. What happened to its recovery is a different story. In the second case again, a question was asked to me by a police officer. But the nature of query this time was in stark contrast. My house was burgled one night and in the morning I sent somebody to the nearest police chowki. My name was then, bearing a good designation. The police arrived promptly. A maviana of jai-e- wardat, however, convinced the police (me too) that no theft had taken place. Even when, broken windows of the house told different story and put some holes in my pocket. All formalities over, the junior police officer asked me politely, ‘Sir, thank God, no loss, what use an FIR will be now?’ Having gone through the pack whole of this policing ordeal, I was not willing to let the incidence go without getting duly reported.
It was much later that I realized the what is what of this game. An FIR is a report with a serial number allotted to it. These serial numbers are then totaled and the figure reflects the rate of crime of a particular chowki or a police station. It is the collective data from these sources that the National Crime Records Bureau draws its figures from. The ranking in the crime rate, thus, is proportionate to the FIRs registered. In other word, a better policing scores worst ranking in NCRB annual reports. So Friends! For once, here is a report which must be read upside down. It is a case of the best policing getting the worst of the rank. But then the statistics, as you all know, has notorious habit of playing a damp squib.
(The writer with his pen name Darshan Darshi is a noted Dogri Author and former Civil Servant of J&K)
( D.K.Vaid, KAS-Rtd. )
248-ShivRam Enclave,
Opposite Tawi Vihar, Bye-Pass SIDHRA, Jammu-180019. |
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