Hyderabad, February 23: Chief Minister K Rosaiah today directed officials of the Special Cell of the government to speed up the disposal of cases booked under the Prevention of Atrocities against SCs and STs. He also wanted the police to pay special attention to these cases to improve the conviction rate.
Ahead of the State-level Vigilance and Monitoring Committee meeting on implementation of the Prevention of Atrocities (POA) and Protection of Civil Rights (PCR) Act scheduled to be held tomorrow, the chief minister discussed the progress of cases booked and other issues in this regard with the officials concerned.
The committee i s to monitor the implementation of the POA and PCR Acts in the State. It will make attempts to speed up investigations of cases booked under both these Acts to conduct survey of atrocity prone areas, restoring a sense of security among SCs and STs apart from investigating into the false SC and ST caste certificate cases.
Rosaiah expressed satisfaction over the performance of the State which is providing speedy relief to the victims. The officials registered 4,157 atrocity cases during 2008 against 3,741 cases reported in 2009 where about 1,365 cases are under investigation.
The atrocities include injury, insult, wrongful disposing against SCs and STs, assault or use of force against women, and causing damage to their property among others.
–Agencies