Spot: Kalashetra Colony, Chennai
Date: May 20, 2017
Incident: a pregnant woman with her husband were on a stroll after dinner when the suspect passed by on his bike. He took a 'U' turn, rode close, molested her and sped off. Despite the chase by husband the suspect disappeared safely. The couple went straight to Thiruvanmiyur Police Station for filing a complaint and registering an FIR, but the same could not be done due to non-cooperation of the police. Only on the intervention of a woman police officer in the City Police Commissioner's office, the FIR was registered and a copy was issued after 20 days of the incident. God knows when the suspect would be caught.
The policeman seems to have persuaded the woman not to register a case because she would be on a television channel tarnishing her own image. He further informed her that in a similar situation a woman journalist working in an English Daily had the same fate on the same spot a few weeks ago.
Registering an FIR is next to impossibility in this country despite strict ruling by the Supreme Court of India and strict orders and directions of senior police officials (DGPs and Police Commissioners) from IPS. Who is there to ensure implementation of this job by the officers in charge of police stations in this country?
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