Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, July 19: The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) informed the Lok Sabha on Tuesday that a total of 24 States and seven Union Territories (UTs) had established Police Complaints Authorities on redress mechanisms to look into complaints of police misconduct.
Asaduddin Owaisi, a member of the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM), asked a question, and Union Minister of State for Home Nityanand Rai responded in writing.
As per available information, the Minister said, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, West Bengal, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi, Jammu and Kashmir, Lakshadweep and Puducherry have constituted the Authorities.
The Minister added that each district’s District Accountability Authority had been established in Bihar.
The Minister added that ‘Police’ is a State subject that is included in List-1 (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Indian Constitution and that it is primarily the responsibility of the state governments and UT administrations to increase the effectiveness and transparency of the police force’s operations.
Owaisi asked, “will the Minister of Home Affairs be pleased to state the names of States and Union Territories who have so far constituted Police Complaint Authorities on redressal mechanism to inquire into the complaints of police misconduct,” to which the minister responded.
