FIR registered 25 days after woman robbed of phone
The Parksite police on
Tuesday registered an FIR, 25 days after a 23-year-old woman was robbed
of her mobile by a biker who threatened her with chopper in Vikhroli.
TOI had first reported the case of burking by a police officer (Morning
walker robbed of
phone, February 3). Legal experts asked why the cops waited for the
media to take up the issue. Sub-inspector Suresh Naik told Neelima
Shahi on Tuesday morning to record her statement at the police station.
“If I would have not approached my colleague working in the media, I
would have not known the difference between a missing certificate and an
FIR.Naik handed over the certificate, which I thought was an
FIR. Had he reacted promptly , the accused could have been caught when
I told him on January 26 that someone was accessing my home wi-fi
through my stolen mobile,“ Shahi told TOI.
Shahi has gone for a morning walk near the Kailas Complex stretch, which connects Vikhroli and Hiranandani Gardens, in Powai on January 9.The biker followed her and kept honking for her to stop. When she did not, he blocked her way with his bike. He threatened her and told her to hand over the mobile if she did not want to be harmed. “I have stopped going for morning walks after that. Anything could have happened that day . The police helpline was of no use in the emergency ,“ she alleged.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone VII) Vinaykumar Rathod said they had called the victim to register an FIR to take action to track down the accused. Rathod said, “It is unacceptable. Necessary steps will be taken.“
Former IPS officer-turnedlawyer Y P Singh said it was a serious violation of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which mandates that an FIR has to be registered immediately after information is received at a police station. A copy of the FIR also has to be provided to the complainant, he said. The officer could face criminal prosecution, in addition to departmental action, for such lapses.
TIMES VIEW :
If a robbery on the street is not a fit case for registering an FIR, then what is?
Instances like this lead us to doubt the veracity of the National Crime Records Bureau stats we are fed annually.
Shahi has gone for a morning walk near the Kailas Complex stretch, which connects Vikhroli and Hiranandani Gardens, in Powai on January 9.The biker followed her and kept honking for her to stop. When she did not, he blocked her way with his bike. He threatened her and told her to hand over the mobile if she did not want to be harmed. “I have stopped going for morning walks after that. Anything could have happened that day . The police helpline was of no use in the emergency ,“ she alleged.
Deputy commissioner of police (zone VII) Vinaykumar Rathod said they had called the victim to register an FIR to take action to track down the accused. Rathod said, “It is unacceptable. Necessary steps will be taken.“
Former IPS officer-turnedlawyer Y P Singh said it was a serious violation of Section 154 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, which mandates that an FIR has to be registered immediately after information is received at a police station. A copy of the FIR also has to be provided to the complainant, he said. The officer could face criminal prosecution, in addition to departmental action, for such lapses.
TIMES VIEW :
If a robbery on the street is not a fit case for registering an FIR, then what is?
Instances like this lead us to doubt the veracity of the National Crime Records Bureau stats we are fed annually.
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