Dimapur, August 5 (MExN): As a bulwark against crime committed against women, the Nagaland State Commission of Women (NSCW) has listed a considerable number of “recommendations” that seek to check, scrutinize or deter criminals. The “recommendations”, 25 in number, were made during a recent seminar that sought to address the issue of atrocities committed against women.
The ‘recommendations’ are a wide range of technologic-backed anti-crime mechanisms, creation of coordination conduits for women-related issues, help lines and even administrative checks such as penalizing ‘erring’ police officers who use intoxicants in the course of duty. Interestingly, the commission said that there are numerous complaints about the way the only juvenile home in Nagaland, at Pherima, is being run. The NSWC alleged physical violence against the children of the stated juvenile home by the authorities.
The commission has sought “net working facility” for all the police stations in Nagaland for better coordination and action as well as with their counterparts outside the state. Likewise, the commission wants introducing an independent state forensic laboratory manned by qualified and trained personnel and management.
The technologies that the NSCW has suggested include mobile-tracking systems in all the state’s police stations and Polygraph or Lie-detector technologies in the state police departments.
The commission also calls for a juveniles’ home, “special home and short-stay home” for rape victims in all the district headquarters and even in the far-flung sub-divisions. “At present there is only one juvenile home in Nagaland at Pherima must be investigated into as there are numerous complaints on the way it is being run and physical violence on the children by the authorities,” the commission said.
Regular Gender sensitization trainings for top Police officials at the PHQ, officers of various ranks and files at the Police Training Centers must be made mandatory, the commission also suggested. “Trainings on violence against women and Domestic Violence Act etc must be done by the Commission at the earliest for better and effective checks /actions against violence and atrocities.”
Other suggestions include introducing separate CID (Crime Investigation Department).
“Presently only Crime Branch exist in the state of Nagaland and the investigation officers were assigned to other duties which causes much delay in proper and prompt investigation in serious crimes committed against women,” the NSCW stated.
The state government must also appoint women Dobashis and Gaon Buras, as both the two offices are under the government’s prerogative to appoint and recognize such appointments/selections.
“The neighboring Arunachal Pradesh Government has appointed women as Dobashis and Gaon Buras. Arunachal has got statehood years after Nagaland,” the commission stated.
The ‘recommendations’ are a wide range of technologic-backed anti-crime mechanisms, creation of coordination conduits for women-related issues, help lines and even administrative checks such as penalizing ‘erring’ police officers who use intoxicants in the course of duty. Interestingly, the commission said that there are numerous complaints about the way the only juvenile home in Nagaland, at Pherima, is being run. The NSWC alleged physical violence against the children of the stated juvenile home by the authorities.
The commission has sought “net working facility” for all the police stations in Nagaland for better coordination and action as well as with their counterparts outside the state. Likewise, the commission wants introducing an independent state forensic laboratory manned by qualified and trained personnel and management.
The technologies that the NSCW has suggested include mobile-tracking systems in all the state’s police stations and Polygraph or Lie-detector technologies in the state police departments.
The commission also calls for a juveniles’ home, “special home and short-stay home” for rape victims in all the district headquarters and even in the far-flung sub-divisions. “At present there is only one juvenile home in Nagaland at Pherima must be investigated into as there are numerous complaints on the way it is being run and physical violence on the children by the authorities,” the commission said.
Regular Gender sensitization trainings for top Police officials at the PHQ, officers of various ranks and files at the Police Training Centers must be made mandatory, the commission also suggested. “Trainings on violence against women and Domestic Violence Act etc must be done by the Commission at the earliest for better and effective checks /actions against violence and atrocities.”
Other suggestions include introducing separate CID (Crime Investigation Department).
“Presently only Crime Branch exist in the state of Nagaland and the investigation officers were assigned to other duties which causes much delay in proper and prompt investigation in serious crimes committed against women,” the NSCW stated.
The state government must also appoint women Dobashis and Gaon Buras, as both the two offices are under the government’s prerogative to appoint and recognize such appointments/selections.
“The neighboring Arunachal Pradesh Government has appointed women as Dobashis and Gaon Buras. Arunachal has got statehood years after Nagaland,” the commission stated.
