‘Training of police personnel essential’

Training is an inherent part of all management functions. It enables the personnel and staff to remain fighting fit and move ahead with time – something that is extremely essential for smooth and satisfactory working of an organization.
For police department, it is even more essential that a proper training system is built. The police force in UP is over-worked and stressed and a proper fitness regime would help them cope with these more effectively. Moreover, training is particularly needed for the police force as bulging bellies are not just an eyesore but also a deterrent in their duties that at times require extra energy and stamina to nab the culprits.
Owing to this, SSP-Lucknow Rajiv Krishna, a fitness freak himself, is in favour of an extensive training drill, not just for the new recruits but also for the existing workforce, time and again. But for the fact that the police force is already understaffed and cannot be spared much for training sessions and fitness drills, Rajiv Krishna would have put into force a plan to bring about much-needed training and fitness regime for police officers of all ranks. “Not just physical training, there is a need to make the officers aware of changing technological and scientific developments, like computers, internet, modern mobile gadgets besides ever-changing laws related to human rights, CrPc and IPC rules and Indian constitution,” informs the SSP.
Though he has not been able to do enough in this regard, whatever time Rajiv Krishna gets he spends that in encouraging officers and informing them of the positive effects of remaining fit.
He informs that there are three training facilities in Lucknow at present. These include the 32nd Battalion PAC RTC, 35th Battalion PAC RTC and Reserved Police lines RTC. At present, training of 98 new recruits is going on at Reserved Police Lines RTC where the training starts at 4 in the morning and goes on till dinner time. Apart from impart training in squad drill and police drill, the recruits are taught riot dealing and traffic management. Arms’ training too is an important part of the training exercise. Other than this jawans are taught horse-riding and rope climbing besides games like volleyball, football, hockey and kabaddi. During the day they are taught law, Indian constitution, rules related to human rights, IPC, CrPc and how to write FIRs and other reports in police stations. This forms a major portion of the 11-month training, consequent to which they get their respective postings.
Reserved Police Lines is manned by a team of one SI, three SI-Teachers, 7 it is, 3 PTIs for physical training and 11 followers to take care of mess for a total capacity of 200 people for training at a time. Their work is supervised by a RTC Major about whom there is an ASP – an IPS officer Pritinder Singh – who give briefing of the progress to the SSP.
At times when such extensive training for new recruits is not taking place, small courses are run related to computers, how to improve the image of police, human right laws, technological updates and other courses Refresher courses too are conducted from time to time for existing personnel.
Yoga and regular motivation camps, including interaction with psychiatrists too are essential, Rajiv Krishna says, but lack of adequate staff doesn’t allow him to do all that he wishes to do.

Sad End, Saddam?

Sad end, Saddam be damned

Our heading itself is an indication that the Muslim community is giving mixed reactions over Saddam’s execution. Those who suffered his ire during his regime celebrated the execution while a good number of them mourned and could even be heard speaking ill of the US. There was a big majority who was least bothered and never wanted the news of execution to hamper their Eid celebrations, some of whom have woken up to demonstrate now that three days of Eid have passed.
Hi Time Express spoke to several people and took their views on Saddam’s execution. Prof. Naiyer Masud, one of the most prominent literary figures at Lucknow, rues the fact that society is on verge of split. He is of opinion that people should not allow differences to creep in between themselves owing to Saddam’s execution, both in India and in the Muslim world. Saddam is dead and nothing can bring him back, the Muslim world should work to rebuild the tattered Iraq and other countries which are passing through the same condition.
S. Mahmood Naqvi, journalist and a prominent social worker from Delhi, too stresses on the urgent need to make efforts to build Iraq. He says that Saddam’s execution is neither an occasion for rejoicing but a matter of deep concern for the rulers of Arab countries, a warning that the US is the supreme power and they ought not to ignore the unblemished allegiance to the US.
Likewise, Sheikh Mohammad Arif, Chairman and Managing Director of Arif Industries Limited says that killing of Saddam Hussain shows that the US wishes to tell to the world that it would do what it wants and nobody can stop it. “If it is said that 100-odd people were killed when Saddam was president, we forget that he was the President and as a president he was authorized to pass a judgement. You do not hang a judge if he by mistakes hangs somebody who is innocent. But who is responsible for killing lakhs of people. I am not defending Saddam but what the US is doing is that they are dividing Muslim community to the core and they have succeeded in doing that.”
Arif cites the case of the British who was caught in Arabian attire in Iraq with RDX and other weapons and later the British forces surrounded the police station and got the man released. Says he: “So-called Sunni Shia killing is actually motivated. If it is in their capacity they will destroy Iran tomorrow but because they are showing themselves pro-Shia at the moment, they are showing a soft stance towards it.” And adds: “This is an international conspiracy. Who is supplying arms in Assam and Afghanistan? Who killed Rajiv Gandhi which resulted in instability in the country for last 15 years?”
Giving his views on Saddam’s execution, prominent Sunni cleric Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangimehli said that this was 100% unfair to Saddam because U.S.A. has no rights to hang him as he was elected President of his country. When asked what was his view on Saddam brutally killing many of his countrymen, Maulana Rasheed said, “He had killed only those who were traitors and I don’t think Saddam had killed any innocents.”
However there are still some like Shia cleric Maulana Saif Abbas who disagree with this statement. From his point of view the death of Saddam had been delayed; he should have been hanged earlier. Had he been hanged earlier, so many innocent lives of women and children would have been saved, he feels.
Maulana Saif also said, “If we talk of Americans they also don’t have the responsibility to kill anyone, to destroy America, God will send some other person. But the lines of Prophet Mohammad comes true which he had earlier explained that “Zulm karne wale ko usse bada zulm karne wala marta hai.”
The President of Nationalist Congress Party (Uttar Pradesh Unit) Ramesh Dixit said, “This is absolutely an act of evil which the US performed because they don’t have such rights to kill a person which did not belong to their country. The people who are contented with his death must have to understand that America cannot create an atmosphere of brotherhood with anyone. It can do the same with others also.”

Why spurt in self-immolation and demonstrations?

This is the irony! Her name was Laxmi but she was running from pillar to post due to penury. And she had even visited Petroleum Minister Murli Deora who himself confessed to this meeting a little prior to Laxmi attempting to immolate herself. Laxmi had also met several top officials of the petroleum ministry but to no avail. What can a desperate woman do in such circumstances? Media too doesn't notice most uch cases unless there is something sensational to report. This is the reason why there is a sudden spurt in such cases. A boy dies due to negligence by doctors and parents and family, instead of cremating him come to streets with the dead body. Several such cases have come to limelight in the recent past. This won't stop unless there is an end to corruption and people who are responsible for doing injustice suitably punished.