Instructions to ensure safety of prisoners in police custody.
Highlights
SP will also be held responsible for violence in police custody ASI and CCTV will be used for 24 hour surveillance Sick or injured prisoners will be sent to hospital
State Bureau, Naiduniya, Bhopal: The Superintendent of Police of the respective districts will also be held responsible for the violence that takes place in police custody in the state. Also, an Assistant Sub-Inspector (ASI) level policeman will be put on 24-hour duty to view the footage of CCTV cameras installed to monitor prisoners in the lock-up.
ADG (CID) Pawan Srivastava of Police Headquarters has also given these instructions to the Zonal Inspector Generals and Superintendents of Police. A constable or head constable will be put on duty for the security of the prisoner all the time.
Violence in police custody
Let us tell you that the Human Rights Commission has also been making recommendations from time to time regarding violence and death in police custody. On this basis, the arrangements have been improved earlier as well, but now the monitoring will be strengthened further.
Under Section 37 of the Indian Civil Security Code (BNSS), effective from July 1, Superintendents of Police of all districts have been directed to nominate an Assistant Sub-Inspector or an officer above his rank as the designated officer for the security of prisoners in police custody.
The CCTV cameras monitoring the lockup should cover the entire cell. From the CSP and SDOP to the Superintendent of Police level, officers have been asked to visit police stations regularly to ensure the safety of prisoners.
Sufficient force for police station lockups
The instructions say that adequate force should be provided for the lock-ups of police stations. If a police station does not have enough force, the prisoner should not be kept in the lock-up there. Instead, he should be kept in another nearby police station. Sick, intoxicated and injured persons should be immediately sent to the hospital instead of being kept in the police station lock-up.
