Kerala to launch community policing today - India/Gujurat Probe
Akhel Mathew; 26/3/08
Alarmed by an increase in housebreaks and thefts, police in the southern state of Kerala will launch a community policing scheme today.The trial runs of the scheme wll be held within the limits of three police stations each in Thiruvananthapuram, Kochi and Kozhikode city corporations and within the limits of one police station each in 11 municipalities across the state.The municipalities identified for the project are Kasaragod, Payyannur, Kalpetta, Perinthalmanna, Ottappalam, Irinjalakuda, Cherthala, Paravur, Vaikom, Thodupuzha, and Adoor.
See: http://www.gulfnews.com/world/India/10200425.html
Supreme Court Orders Gujarat Riot Cases Probed
Nilofar Suhrawardy; 26/3/08
Six years after Hindu mobs killed and burned Muslims in an orgy of violence in the western state of Gujarat, India’s Supreme Court yesterday ordered that a five-member team probe the riots.The team will have three senior police officers from Gujarat — Gita Johri, Sivanand Jha and Ashish Bhatia — along with retired Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) Director R.K. Raghavan and former Director General of Police C.B. Satpathy.The court will formally issue the order constituting the team today.The Supreme Court’s decision was in response to a petition filed by the National Human Rights Commission, seeking transfer of trial of riots cases from Gujarat and their investigation by an independent agency such as the CBI. The bench, comprising Justices Arijit Pasayat, P. Sathasivam and Aftab Alam, heard arguments of senior counsel Harish Salve and Gujarat government’s counsel Mukul Rohatagi for more than an hour before announcing its decision.
See: http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=108232&d=26&m=3&y=2008