Among those that have despatched a request to the Delhi Police ranks to be thought-about for the ‘President Police Medal for Gallantry’ is former DCP, Northeast Delhi, Ved Prakash Surya, whose {photograph} posed with BJP chief Kapil Mishra, because the latter He gave a controversial speech. A professional-CAA rally on February 23 final yr, a day earlier than the riots broke out in northeast Delhi.
Surya has sought the award saying that he saved a whole lot of lives in addition to properties throughout the riots and did “extraordinary” work.
Around 25 cops, together with Surya, his JCP Alok Kumar and subordinates, have positioned their case earlier than the headquarters for the award. Sources stated most of them have cited their function throughout the riots.
The President’s Police Medal for Gallantry is awarded for acts of “saving life and property”, or “preventing crime or arresting criminals”.
“The proposal is sent from the district to the police headquarters, where it is placed before a committee of senior officers and finally approved by the Delhi Police Commissioner. The file is further sent to the Home Department and then to the Union Home Ministry,” stated a senior police officer.
Sources stated that Surya had utilized a couple of days again and his utility was forwarded to the headquarters together with 24 cops.
“Besides, 23 police personnel have applied for ‘Aadhaar Karya Puraskar’ and 14 for out-of-turn-promotion,” a supply stated.
Sources stated that in his utility, Surya has claimed to have introduced the riots beneath management in three-four days. He speaks of “courageous efforts to save the lives of hundreds”, together with responding to cellphone requires assist, and says he didn’t budge regardless of the stone-pelting.
Mishra had tweeted a video of his speech at a pro-CAA gathering close to Maujpur site visitors sign on February 23, 2020, by which the then DCP, Northeast, Surya might be seen standing subsequent to him. In the speech, the BJP chief stated, ‘DCP is standing in entrance of us and in your behalf I need to inform them that so long as the US President (Donald Trump) is in India, we’re leaving the realm peacefully. After that, we won’t hearken to you (police) if the roads are usually not cleared (by CAA protesters). We should hit the streets.”
On February 24 this yr, Surya was transferred from Northeast district to Rashtrapati Bhavan as DCP. He declined to remark when contacted by The Indian Express.
After the riots, the then Delhi Police Commissioner SN Srivastava, who had simply retired a couple of days again, had given out-of-turn promotions to 4 police personnel posted within the Special Cell for his or her work throughout the violence. The 4 had been by the way a part of the investigation crew that arrested 21, together with former JNU pupil Umar Khalid, Jamia Coordination Committee’s media coordinator Safoora Zargar and Pinjra Tod’s Devangana Kalita and Natasha Narwal, who had been concerned of their protests towards the CAA. related to the riots.
A senior police officer stated, “Last month, head constable Hamendra Rathi was additionally given an out-of-turn promotion for receiving very important info, resulting in the arrest of Haseen Qureshi, who allegedly killed IB worker Ankit Sharma throughout the Delhi riots. But was murdered.
At the Delhi Police chief’s annual press convention on February 19 this yr, Srivastava had praised his drive’s function within the riots, saying, “A total of 755 FIRs were registered and we ensured that no one had a complaint against them. There was complaint. did not accept.”
Referring to the riots throughout an annual overview, DCP (Special Cell) Pramod Kushwaha and DCP (Crime) Joy Tirkey had referred to the conflict between pro-CAA and anti-CAA protesters in Maujpur, saying that the “situation worsened”. ” occurred.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
