Crimes against women in MP still a big concern, says DGP at farewell function

Bhopal, March 4 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Madhya Pradesh Police have done a remarkable job and have improved the system to ensure better services to the people of the state in the last few years, but growing crimes against women is still a big concern, said retiring Madhya Pradesh Director General of Police (DGP) Vivek Johri at a farewell ceremony in Bhopal on Friday.

Recounting his two-year tenure as the head (DGP) of the Madhya Pradesh Police, Johri said several initiatives have been introduced, such as behavioural change of police personnel, modernization of policing system in the state and these steps will be fruitful in the future. He said making the police personnel familiar with new technology at the grassroot level was the need of the hour and a lot of work has been done in the last two years.

"Making an effective policing system is not possible without modern technology and its proper knowledge utilisation in this era. I am happy that in the last two years, a lot of work has been done in this sector and for that I would like to thank the state government for considering our request and providing all possible help during this period," Johri added.

In the speech at the farewell function organised at the Moti Lal Nehru stadium in Bhopal, which is also the training ground of the Madhya Pradesh Police - Lal Parade Ground, the 1984 batch IPS (MP cadre), Johri said, "I am proud to be a part of Madhya Pradesh Police and serving the people of the state. We have succeeded in several challenging tasks that came before us, especially fighting against naxalism and many more and it could not have been possible without you (referring to police personnel), but growing crimes against women in the state is still a concern for the state police."

He also thanked Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and Home Minister Narottam Mishra for considering the requirements of the police in various ways. "We received encouragement from the state government time and again, be it facilities for police personnel, their families, promotion and many more. The Chief Minister took several initiatives to encourage the police by bringing various welfare schemes and felicitating the personnel for their remarkable job," Johri said.

He pointed out that the Covid-19 pandemic was another big challenge for the state police, but they did a commendable job without fearing for their own lives and more importantly without having proper training prior to fighting against the pandemic. He said that 162 police personnel lost lives while serving the people during the pandemic.

Born in Bhopal, Johri was appointed the DGP during the then Kamal Nath government in March, 2020 for a two-year term. He assumed office on March 12, 2020.

Meanwhile, 1987 batch IPS officer Sudhir Kumar Saxena on Friday took over charge as the new Director General of Police. Before taking over charge as chief of the MP police, Saxena joined the farewell function for Vivek Johri.

Source: IANS