Action initiated against 9-SHOs employing delaying tactics on applications

Lahore: Departmental action has been initiated against 9-SHOs, of Lahore for employing delaying tactics on applications of the citizen and non registrations of FIRs during the month of August.
SHOs against whom departmental action has been ordered, on the initiative of SSP (IAD) Shariq Kamal, include SHO Shahdara Inspector Muhammad Sabtain Shah, SHO Tibi City Inspector Maqsood Ahmed, SHO Green Town Inspector Naeem Anwar, SHO Gulshan-e-Iqbal Inspector Mujahid Hussain, SHO Samnabad Inspector Asif Hayat, SHO Shahdara Town Sub-Inspector Atif Zulifqar, SHO Nawankot Sub-Inspector Saeed Anwar, SHO Manawan Sub-Inspector Saleem Shokat and SHO Battapur Sub-Inspector Khalid Mehmood. These SHOs were accused of using delaying tactics in FIRs registration and of applying wrong sections of law which were subsequently got corrected on intervention of CFBC.
The action was taken by the Citizen Feed Back Cell (CFBC) on the feedback obtained from the people who had lodged their complaints with 15 during the period.
The cell, established on instructions of the CCPO, headed by SSP Internal Accountability Division (IAD) Shariq Kamal, contacted 1964 people who had lodged complaints with 15 during the preceding month. Of them 1733 informed that legal action had already been taken on their complaints while action on 231 applications was found pending. The CFBC head took notice of the situation and issued instructions to the concerned SHOs to take appropriate legal action on such complaints, on which 114 FIRs were registered and action is under process on 117 applications.
SSP (IAD) Shariq Kamal has warned that in future if any SHO was found guilty of negligence or using delaying tactics, he would not be spared and strict action would be taken against such defaulters. The CFBC would pay spot visits to the police stations where those having complaint of non-registration would be called and handed over with a copy of FIR besides taking action against the SHO concerned for non-registration in cases which merited registration of a case.
SSP (IAD) Shariq Kamal has informed the public that his doors were open to all & sundry; if anybody faced some difficulty regarding registration of FIR, he could meet him in person in his office. Moreover, such people could also lodge their complaints on phone with Inspector Sagheer Ahmed, Incharge Citizen Feed Back Cell, on his Cell No 0321-9474414 and Office No 042-99201366 in respect of their complaints.