The Madhya Pradesh state police has taken it upon itself to benefit the common man via IT and also make its own retired personnel productive in the process.
An elaborate project has been drawn up for the purpose, and central to this program is the opening of computer dhabas by retired policemen and police officers. The public will then be free to visit these dhabas and lodge their complaints and reports with the police or other district functionaries.
According to the project drawn up by the Police Headquarters, retired police officials and policemen or their older children will first be taught how to handle computers and even assisted in buying computers, after which they can open their separate computer dhabas in various locations across the state. These computer dhabas will largely be used by the common public to both lodge complaints with the local 'thana' or police station, and also to ensure that their grievances reach higher authorities in the police hierarchy. People will also be able to lodge their FIRs from these computer dhabas. All effort shall be made in ensuring that the fees for using these computer dhabas is kept to the minimum.
According to AK Jain, Deputy Inspector General of Police, the police department is also making effort in making available loans to retired policemen who are desirous of starting these computer dhabas. Every district has small cooperative banks run by the department, and these loans will be made available through them. On the same lines, the department is also talking to other banks who are willing to extend financial help in this unique endeavor by the police department.
According to RK Mishra, DIG, this project will not only make available employment opportunities for retired policemen and their children, but also help the common man avoid unnecessary hassle in coming to the local police station to lodge his or her complaint. All a person has to do is to explain his or her complaint to the computer dhaba owner, who will then put the same in the appropriate format on his computer and send it to the nearest police station via e-mail.
(CNS)