New Delhi, A 51-year-old man from North West Delhi has alleged that over 10 Delhi Police personnel on Tuesday “forcibly took away” his 13-year-old daughter, claiming the motion was in “blatant violation” of regulation and “exceeded” instructions issued by a household court docket in a toddler custody-related dispute.
The person mentioned that he has lodged a proper grievance with the police, demanding motion into the matter. “I known as the police helpline 112 and registered my grievance concerning police excesses. They assured me to look into it. I additionally approached the kid helpline no 1098. However I have never received any help from anyplace but,” he mentioned.
Whereas Bhisham Singh, DCP North-West Delhi, didn’t reply to the allegations, a senior officer with the Delhi Police mentioned they’re “trying into the matter”.
The kid had been dwelling together with her father for the previous three years following an order by the Baby Welfare Committee . The daddy claimed regardless of present orders from a POCSO court docket and the CWC, a Household Courtroom granted custody to the mom final week.
Recounting the Tuesday afternoon incident, the daddy alleged that round 2:30 PM, whereas he was together with his daughter at a market, round “10 personnel, some in plain garments, assaulted” him. He additional alleged they “snatched his cellphone and compelled him right into a automotive” to forestall him from looking for assist.
“They forcibly took the kid to the CWC-West workplace, the place she was stored in a closed room for about an hour. Subsequently, they dragged her right into a automotive and knowledgeable me they have been sending her to a youngsters’s residence with out offering a duplicate of the order or the identify of the ability,” he alleged. He added that the kid was “pleading to not be despatched away”.
Based on the daddy, the woman had beforehand filed a case below the Safety of Kids from Sexual Offences Act in opposition to a member of the family residing with the mom. He maintained that she was below his “care with police safety as per POCSO provisions”.
The daddy argued that the Household Courtroom order stipulated that the mom may request the CWC to retrieve the kid safely with a woman police officer and a toddler counsellor. He famous that whereas the order allowed CWC to hunt assist from the native SHO if he created an obstruction, all actions have been required to stay “inside authorized bounds”.
He additional contended that the CWC should function below the Juvenile Justice Act and can’t use drive or coercion in opposition to a toddler’s needs, nor can it bypass an inquiry into the kid’s greatest pursuits.
The woman has challenged the Household Courtroom’s custody order within the Delhi Excessive Courtroom, arguing that the decrease court docket “didn’t have the facility” to move such orders concerning a POCSO sufferer.
“My daughter filed a petition looking for safety in opposition to coercive motion. Arguments have been partly heard on February 25, and the matter was listed for March 2. Nonetheless, a notification on February 27 introduced the courts can be shut for the week. The CWC and police didn’t await the Excessive Courtroom to renew and carried out this motion on Tuesday,” the daddy mentioned.
The person mentioned he was involved about his daughter’s present location and well-being.
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