NRI police wing gets more teeth
Monday, 07/10/2013
http://www.tribuneindia.com/2013/20131007/punjab.htm#6
Bathinda : With complaints of NRIs rising threefold in the last two years, the government has given more powers to the NRI wing headed by an IG-rank officer.
Deputy Chief Minister Suhbir Singh Badal has ordered that the NRI wing, based in Phase 7, Mohali, and headed by IG Gupreet Deo, would have a state-wide jurisdiction.
The wing has been empowered to order inquiry in cases related to NRIs across the state. It has also been empowered to transfer any case to any officer it deems fit or to any NRI police station. In short, the IG has been empowered as nodal officer to handle such cases. The wing would work under the supervision of DGP Sumedh Singh Saini.
The government is also in the process of setting up three more NRI police stations in Gurdaspur, Mohali and Jalandhar rural. The state already has eight such police stations. These would now work under the IG, NRI wing, instead of the SSP concerned. The NRI wing received 507 complaints in 2011; 1,200 in 2012; and 1,500 till September this year.
Gurpreet Deo, IG, said the government had provided a single platform to the NRIs for the redressal of their grievances. She said those having complaints against the NRIs would also be benefited. She said she took charge of the wing in 2011 and nearly 50 per cent of the total 1,500 complaints had been disposed of.
She said complaints of or against NRIs should be filed in person or via email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
More powers
The wing now has state-wide jurisdiction
NRI police stations will report to the Inspector General of the wing
Its Inspector General has been empowered as nodal officer to handle cases pertaining to NRIs
The wing would work under the supervision of DGP Sumedh Singh Saini
The wing received 507 complaints in 2011; 1,200 in 2012 and 1,500 till September this year
