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'If this can happen to me, what about the common man,' asks Superintendent of Police attached to DGP's office
Believe it or not! A Superintendent of Police (SP), attached to the Director General of Police's office in Mumbai, has been running from pillar to post for the last two weeks to register a complaint against the alleged abductors of her niece, but in vain. And fed up with the police inaction, the SP now plans to file a 'Habeas Corpus' in the court to trace his missing niece.
It all happened on June 23 when Sneha Sangam (19), niece of Jaysuryya Sangam (SP), did not return from morning walk. Sneha, a first year commerce student with the Elphinstone college stays along with her parents at Nehru Nagar in Kurla. Her father Jaipal Sangam is an aeronautical engineer with Air India.
After a brief search, the parents lodged a missing complaint with the Nehru Nagar police station, but met with little success for the next one week. Subsequently, the family started receiving telephone calls from the alleged abductors following which they went to lodge a case of abduction (on June 29), but were allegedly refused.
Meanwhile, after SP Sangam returned from New Delhi, he was told about the incident. "I went to the police station to lodge the abduction complaint, but the police refused to entertain it. The senior inspector refused to take cognisance of the matter saying that Sneha was a major," Mr. Sangam said.
He claimed that Sneha had been abducted by one Asif from Andheri and kept at some secret location. "Fine, if at all the police thinks that she was a major and she had run away with someone, it is nevertheless the duty of the police to trace her as per the complaint of the parents," Mr. Sangam said while alleging police apathy towards his plea.
"I have served in the department for over 35 years and this is how my own department is treating me. What will happen to the common man?" questioned Mr. Sangam adding, "otherwise, it is the duty of the police to trace the girl first. Whether she is a major or minor can be decided later."
Mr. Sangam, who also met the joint commissioner of police (Law and Order) Ahmad Javed, claimed that little had happened even after meeting the senior crime branch officer. He said had even gone to meet the minister of state for Home Kripashankar Singh but did not get an audience.
Sticking to his point that abducted Sneha was under threat, he said she had not called at her residence after she was abducted even though she had a mobile phone with her."The abductors are rich and politically well connected. And that is the reason why the police is refusing to take action against them," he alleged.
Meanwhile, when contacted, city
police commissioner A.N. Roy confirmed that Mr. Sangam had met the joint
commissioner and the local police station had been asked to register a
complaint. "It is our duty to trace the girl first. Whether she was a minor
or a major can be decided later," Mr. Roy said.
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