Police ignore the plaint of a visually impaired man

THE UT police have spread more darkness in the life of a visually-impaired man, who is knocking at the Sector 11 police station’s doors for the last 11 days with a hope to get help in finding his allegedly kidnapped wife.

However, the UT Police, which did not even register a case on his complaint, kept on lying to him that they have taken action and even interrogated the accused.

Kunji Ram, a clerk in the Animal Husbandry Department (Punjab), with the help of a stick guiding his way, approached the Sector 11 police station on August 8 evening and lodged a written complaint saying that he was suspecting that his wife Nirmala Devi has allegedly been kidnapped by Khuda Lahora resident Surjit.

But the police personnel allegedly refused to take note.

Harassed, Kunji Ram approached an advocate, who charged him Rs 1,200 for getting his case registered. Because of the advocate’s intervention, the police received a written complaint from Kunji Ram and mentioned it in their Daily Diary Register. Period.

Since August 8, he has been daily visiting the police station in vain.

Kunji Ram married Nirmala Devi in 2002 in Rohru district. She gave birth to a baby boy in 2004, who died after 15 days of birth.

“Since then, Nirmala remained depressed, but had never fought with me on any other issue. During the past few months, I had suspected that she had developed some intimate relations with Surjit. I even caught her and she apologised. I feel that either Surjit had been blackmailing her or kidnapped her. I want my wife back. Isn’t this the responsibility of the police to trace her?” he said.

Senior police officials, when informed of the facts, said, “This is serious and even if a case is not made out, such a sensitive case should have been handled properly, at least to the satisfaction of the complainant. We will get the matter inquired and initiate proper action.”