By TCN News,
Aligarh: The Forum for Muslim Studies & Analysis (FMSA) today sent a memorandum to Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh demanding amendment in communal violence bill to fix responsibility of police officers in dealing communal riots and suitable punishment to the erring police personnel. The Aligarh-based FMSA also demanded police reform to make the police department accountable.
While welcoming the government’s move to table and enact Communal Violence [Prevention, Control and Rehabilitation of Victims] Bill in the Parliament, FMSA demanded the “Bill should have clause to fix police responsibilities in dealing communal riots and suitable punishment to the erring police personnel should be incorporated in it.”
Other demands in the memorandum are:
*An exhaustive inquiry should be done in the riots/communal clashes and FIR should be lodged on the elements who mastermind whole show of violence.
*Apart from defined central/state relations, in the communal clashes, centre should have legal authority to intervene, to ward off possibilities of communal approaches on the part of state administration.
*Several police Reform Commissions have been constituted earlier but their recommendations are getting dust. Police reform is an urgent step, which UPA government should take.
*Police department should reflect nation’s populace. Every community must be represented in it to ensure smooth functioning.
*A uniform compensation policy should be evolved for the victims of the communal riots. Compensation should not be an political or ideological lines.
*Fast Track courts should be established to deal cases of communal violence on the lines of terrorism and also courts should have powers to try erring police personnel also.
FMSA General Secretary Jasim Mohammad has sent a copy of the memorandum to Union Law Minister, Union Home Minister, Sonia Gandhi, Chairperson, UPA and Rahul Gandhi, MP, Lok Sabha.