Trust deficit is to be wiped out with communities’ support: IG Ops

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Trust deficit is to be wiped out with communities’ support: IG Ops

Sunday, 26 January 2020 | PNS | DALTONGANJ

State police do concede there prevails trust deficit among the communities in the Jharkhand. IG (Operations) Jharkhand Saket K Singh, who handles STF, SIB ( special intelligence branch) and is the spokesperson for PHQ said, “ I do agree there is the trust deficit among the communities here. But let me tell you it is not an overnight malaise. It has solidified over a long period of time.”

Singh said, “Trust deficit cannot be wiped out within an hour or a month. It needs a prolonged interfacing session with the communities. Communities’ support in building trust is the biggest capital to over ride this kind of trust deficit.”

Reminded that this deficit saw peace and harmony fractured in Lohardaga he said, “All fractured things are repaired and made strong. Here too saner and sensible elements of both the communities must have realized by now that giving a miss to peace and harmony never means any good to any of the community.”

When asked that when Lohardaga communal eruption broke out police’s top brasses were far away in Chaibasa taking stock of the aftermath of massacre of 7 adivasis there by the adivasis to which Singh said, “This much I agree with your information that many of us were away in Chaibasa when Lohardaga erupted so badly and had we been in the headquarters then I understand there would have been a far better co ordination then.”

Since you handle SIB do you not agree that Chaibasa massacre was a failure of intelligence as there were brawls among the adivasis there already which were not at all handled by local police there to which Singh, “It is not the failure of the intelligence but the lack of promptness on the part of the local police.” 

On being asked if Lohardaga communal convulsions would find receptive soil in the rest of the districts of the state as like Gumla where a right wing group has imposed day long bandh to which Singh said “ One has to be cautious so as not to play into the mesh of any false emotions and sentiments. Police all over the state are on alert.”

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