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| Nagpur Police |
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| Sanskrit: " सद्रक्षणाय खालनीघ्रहणाय" "Sadrakshṇāya Khālanīghrahaṇāya" (English: To protect good and to Punish evil) |
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| Established | 1861 |
| Jurisdiction | Nagpur |
| Stations | 20 |
| Jails | 1 |
| Commissioner | Praveen Dixit[1] |
| Website | http://nagpurpolice.org/index.asp |
Nagpur police is the law enforcement and investigation division of Indian Police Service with jurisdiction over Nagpur district and Nagpur city. It is widely believed that Nagpur police was established during the 1861 police re-organization but city policing history goes well before that. Nagpur police has 3 zones and operates from 20 police stations spread across the city. It also has the responsibility of traffic policing the city roads. Currently Nagpur police is in news about their findings of cricket match fixing by Marlon Samuels[2].
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History
Nagpur was ruled by Gond kings and later by Maratha Bhonsale before British Raj took over the city. Gond Kingdom and Bhonsale Raj had five elements based on ancient Indian and medieval police tradition, viz. police under revenue authorities, village kotwals and city Kotwals. Kotwal was the corner stone of Police establishment. There used to be a large establishment of Harkaras scattered over the Nagpur Province. along with See bandies a small army at important places. The duty of Harkaras was to contact Kamavisdars and Patels to prevent crime and apprehend offenders. When Raghuji III became major and ascended the throne of Nagpur state in 1826, he allowed the Nagpur police to work independently under Salauddin. The law and order situation had improved under Raghuji's rule. Nagpur Police, after annexation of Nagpur state by British Raj in 1854, had 500 men with a Daroga in each Tahsil and Naib Daroga and Jamadars posted in small Thanas and the Burkandaz (Sepoys) distributed as per requirements. Revenue department was merged into Nagpur police. Nagpur police was later on re-organized after new Central Provinces were formed along with Berar. City police had to face Nagpur Grain Riots of 1896-1897.
Organization
Currently Nagpur police top level include 3 DCPs - one for each zone, 1 for D.C.P. Economic Cell & Cyber crime, 1 for special cases and 1 for traffic department. Criminal Investigation Department, Nagpur is also a part of Nagpur police. Lower level officers include constables, Police inspectors(PI), Supretendant of Police(SP), deputy Supretendant of Police(DSP)[3].
1994 Gowari stampede
Main article: 1994 Gowari stampede
On November 23, 1994 114 people from the Gowari community were killed and 500 more injured in stampede[4]. Nagpur Police were trying to disperse almost 50000 Gowari protesters using baton charge but it created panic and triggered stampede amongst protesters[5]. Majority of causalities were women and children who were crushed to death under the crowd’s feet scrambling to escape police line. Some were victims of sharp barb piercing as they were climbing over high fence to escape. Maharashtra state government appointed one man Justice S S Dani commission, to investigate the event[4], but it held nobody responsible and referred to the tragedy as “unfortunate” one. The commission upheld the police action of baton charge on the surging crowd in order to maintain law and order situation while the assembly session was going on. It also noted that almost all deaths were caused due to breathless people getting caused under feet of running people and not due to injuries caused by baton charge by police. However, commission suggested that water sprayers and rubber bullets be first used and baton charge should be last resort only after giving two warnings.
Samuels case
The Nagpur police recently claimed that they had tapes showing West Indies cricketer Marlon Samuels passing on information to a bookie just prior to the one day international game against India in Nagpur on January 21,2007. [2]
External links
References
- ^ Praveen Dixit new commissioner
- ^ a b Marlon Samuels in bookie row
- ^ Nagpur Police
- ^ a b "State Orders Probe After Stampede Kills 114". www.highbeam.com. Retrieved on 1994-11-25.
- ^ "Dani exonerates Pawar; Govt rejects report". Retrieved on 1998-12-31.
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