Transfer of
cases embarrasses Navi Mumbai police?
By Dinesh
Kamath
NAVI MUMBAI: Two high-profile murder
cases, those of builder Sunil Kumar Lahoria and Sandhya Singh, were transferred
from the Navi Mumbai police to the Mumbai crime branch. This has hurt the ego
of many policemen of Navi Mumbai. These policemen feel that this development
has affected the image of Navi Mumbai police.
Since the murder victims were influential persons,
their respective families could get this transfer of cases done by wielding
political influence. It would be wrong to say that this transfer of cases were
due to inability of Navi Mumbai police to carry out an in-depth investigation
and go into the root of these cases.
In fact before the transfer of the cases, Navi
Mumbai police had done a remarkable job and had come up with some interesting
clues and leads that are helping the Mumbai Crime Branch to get a firm grip on
both the cases.
One cannot underestimate the investigating powers of
Navi Mumbai police since had they been so bad in the matter of investigating,
then how could they detect the murder case of the CIDCO clerk, Atul Mhatre, in
Panvel recently and also mastermind the arrest of Dattatray Rokade (53), who
had raped and killed a five-year-old girl? So, it is not that the Navi Mumbai
police are unable to conduct probes properly.
That is the reason why the top police in Navi Mumbai
are feeling embarrassed about the fact that the two high-profile cases were
snatched from their hands and handed to their Mumbai counterparts. Navi Mumbai
police are criticized for its poor informer network and also lack of modern
technological tools for better investigations. They are also accused of their casual
attitude towards local crimes. If they have to win the confidence of the public
they will have to cultivate a clean image and have effective local police
stations. It is not that they are incompetent but they should admit that there
are many important criminal cases that have gone unsolved by them. Another
thing is Navi Mumbai police tend to bow down to political pressures. On the
other hand, their Mumbai counterparts are too tough and cannot be easily bought
by top politicians.
Navi Mumbai police were instrumental in arresting
three persons in the Lahoria case, including retired encounter specialist
Emmanuel Amolik. Even in the Sandhya Singh case, the Navi Mumbai police did
plenty of ground work which their Mumbai counterparts are finding extremely
beneficial.
But this setback caused by the transfer of cases has
made the Navi Mumbai police absolutely determined to do something drastic to
give tremendous boost to their image.
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