Law college pupils to study Bihar police role

PATNA: In order to appreciate the exemplary efforts of men and women in khaki, more than 150 students of Patna Law College have undertaken a study project on ‘A new face of Bihar Police during Covid-19 pandemic: Role and challenges so far’. The project is likely to be completed by mid-June and the final report will be submitted to state DGP for its onward transmission to the state government.
College principal Md Sharif said the main objective is to ascertain the extent of socio-administrative role played by Bihar Police towards containment of Covid-19 pandemic during the lockdown period apart from maintaining law and order.As the students are currently staying at home in different villages and towns due to lockdown, they have been asked to collect some basic data from their respective police stations on the nature of duties performed by the policemen and the people’s response at large. They have all been given a lengthy questionnaire to be filled in after visiting the police stations and interacting with the policemen. The DGP has been requested to instruct all the police stations to help the students in data collection, he said.
The questionnaire relate to the duty hours of male and female staff, provision of basic amenities like safe drinking water, separate toilet for women staff, availability of protective medical kits and food to the patrolling staff, particularly during night duty, cooperation received from the people and the hardships faced by them in performing their duties and helping the people in distress, said Sharif.
The principal said in the last two months, many police personnel went beyond the duty line to help the people in distress. This included helping migrants stranded on roads. Some men in khaki even went to an extent of performing last rituals of those deceased who had no one in the city to look after them and showed a greater side of humanity. Hence, the study project is aimed at saluting the khaki warriors and boosting up their morale, he added.