Former and off-duty cops, families protested outside Delhi Police HQ on Nov 5: Minister

Retired and off-duty policemen, family members of police personnel and general public largely formed part of a crowd that h gared outside Delhi Police hequarters to protest against action taken against some of ir colleagues after a scuffle with lawyers, Rajya Sabha was informed on Wednesday.

Replying to a written question, Minister of State for Home G Kishan Reddy informed house that crowd h peacefully dispersed.

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Kerala Congress (M) Jose K Mani h asked wher government h taken serious te of policemen in Delhi resorting to an unprecedented strike on vember 5 over repeated assaults by lawyers in court premises over a trivial issue of lawyers trespassing into parking slot reserved for judicial officers.

minister replied that Delhi Police has reported that on vember 5, routine policing functions, including prevention and detection of crime, maintenance of law and order, regulation of traffic were carried out, as usual.

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"However, some retired policemen, certain members of police families and some members of general public, joined by some off-duty and resting police staff h gared at Police He Quarters (PHQ), ITO to seek redressal of certain grievances, which were duly attended to and later, y were peacefully dispersed," minister said in his reply.

All staff and officers posted in various courts in Delhi have been thoroughly briefed and sensitized by supervisory officials of Delhi Police, so as to restore harmonious relationship in tandem with or stakeholders including lawyers.

regular interface is also being organized by senior district officials of Delhi Police with all concerned including judicial officers, lawyers and court staff from time to time, so as to maintain a continuous dialogue process and thus, preempt any such recurrence in future.

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