IOs should come on time when called, says women panel chief

Ludhiana, August 20

Chairperson of the Punjab State Commission for Women Raj Lali Gill presided over a meeting with senior officials of the Police Department at the Police Lines here. She discussed about challenges faced by women and their early resolution with the officials. She said the main objective of the meeting was to protect the rights of women and ensure justice.

Talking to mediapersons, Gill said the commission faced some issues from the police side while dealing with cases. In some cases, investigating officers (IOs) of the Punjab Police could not reach the commission on time. They should reach on time and in person so that cases could be disposed of in minimum possible time.

She said the matter was also discussed with Commissioner of Police Kuldeep Chahal, who assured full support.

She said those cases which could not reach the commission should be counselled here by the police and a complete report should be made and send the same to the commission within the stipulated time period.

The chairperson said the state government was focused on protecting women’s rights and ensuring justice.

During an emergency meeting with police officials here, she said efforts should be made on a large scale to understand challenges faced by women and find effective solutions.

Gill said young boys and girls should not be swayed by fake companies which offer hefty salaries to young boys and later make them do illegal work. Recently, the Punjab Police busted fake call centre rackets and many employees of call centres were also arrested. In fact, employees working in these call centres were not aware of the illegal work of the companies as they were not given any job contract or job letter.

Later, she visited the women’s jail and interacted with the inmates.

Before visiting the prisons, the Chairperson said she would visit women’s jail in the city where she would meet prisoners and enquire if they were getting good medical treatment or not. The commission would also help women inmates who were languishing in jail by putting their cases in the fast track court.

She said so far she has visited Amritsar and Ropar women jails and this was her third visit to Ludhiana. Referring to the Amritsar visit, she said there were problems of some elderly women who were under trial for a long time and the commission would provide the required help to them.