Click to play videoMuzzafarpur: In an attempt to change the unfriendly and unapprochable image of the police, a senior cop in Bihar is trying to make himself accessible to public 24 x 7 by installing a call bell outside his house.
He calls it the "Jahangiri Ghanti." The bell is installed outside the residence of DIG Muzzafarpur.
Petitioner, Archana Chaudhary sought justice at Bihar’s CM, Nitish Kumar's Janta Durbar for her 4 year old son who was killed a year back by her neighbour, but to no avail. She finally pressed the Jahangiri Ghanti.
Chaudhary said, (translated) " My 4-year-old son had been killed by slitting his throat and the culprits are still at large. I am tired from running pillars to post in search of justice. I have finally come to the DIG to seek justice.”
The Jahangiri Ghanti is a brainchild of senior IPS officer Arvind Pandey, currently posted as DIG, Muzzafarpur.
This bell triggers a siren at his residence. Any aggrieved person can walk in and meet him any time of the day or night.
Pandey says, "This small innovation is helping those aggrieved in a big way. It is not only changing the stereotype image of the police but also imparting justice at the press of a button".
Referring back to the Mughal era, Pandey says, (translated) "Emperor Jahangir who was an exponent of justice had kept a bell in front of his palace, and whosoever rang the bell in distress, would have their matters looked into.”
The innovation has reduced the conventional distance between the police and the public.
"I am here for the service of the people. The purpose of the Jahangiri Ghanta is to make the police available 24 hours. To provide immediate assistance to the people in need is the core duty of the police force,” says Pandey.
The initiative may not change the public image of the police overnight but will be certainly registered as a small positive beginning.
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