AGARTALA, January 13 (TIWN): Seminar on improving police-people relationship and police accountability was organized by Police Accountability Commission of Tripura at ICFAI University, here today.

Addressing in the seminar chairman of Police Accountability Commission of Tripura former Judge of the Gauhati High Court Justice A. B. Pal said that Police Accountability Commission of Tripura launched a massive awareness programme for good and democratic policing, improvement of police-people relations and educating-people about their rights when they encounter police for lodging complaints, protection or immediate police action.

More importantly, the aim is to educate police & people about the laws conferring powers on police with well defined boundaries to ensure police functions within the limits of law. It has to be understood and accepted that police should be given professional freedom to work in accordance with law and their accountability should be only to the rule of law. While evaluating police performance the executive authority including police leadership should only see whether the police actions are in accordance with law, he mentioned.

He further said to ensure that professional freedom does not degenerate into misuse or abuse of powers alienating thereby people, police commission has been working hard for people’s vigil and closing police-people divide by bringing them in common platform for exchange of views in seminars and workshops.

Former Chairperson of the Tripura Women Commission Dr. Tapati Chakravarti, Former Director General of State Police and CRPF Pranay Sahay and other dignitaries were present in the seminar.