PANJIM: The Goa Human Rights Commission (GHRC) on Monday issued notice to the Chief Secretary and Director General of Police (DGP) over a complaint alleging that an ill-equipped Sancoale Police Outpost was sought to be converted into a full-fledged police station.
The GHRC has fixed the matter for hearing on February 22. The bench headed by retired Justice U V Bakre and comprising former district judges Desmond D’Costa and Pramod Kamat issued the notices.
Adv Aires Rodrigues in his complaint to the GHRC pointed out that the government wants to convert the badly equipped Sancoale Police Outpost into a Police Station. He said that the current Sancoale outpost housed in a very cramped shed admeasuring around 80 sq mts cannot properly accommodate the outpost and its mere five staff.
Rodrigues in his complaint has drawn the attention of the GHRC that the premises does not even have separate toilets and barracks for lady staff while the power supply to the current police outpost is being illegally drawn from a neighbouring petrol pump and the water supply was courtesy of Zuari Agro Chemicals.
He said the government wants to inaugurate the Sancoale Police Station on February 27, on the occasion of MLA Alina Saldanha’s birthday.
He sought that the government should inaugurate the Sancoale Police Station only after all the required infrastructure and necessary amenities are in place, as the Police Station will have to cater to a huge population of over 25,000 comprising residents of the panchayats of Sancoale, Cansaulim and Velsao-Pale.
