Meghalaya’s EKH registers over 5,100 cases of crimes in last 3 years

Syllad | The Rising MeghalayaSeptember 19, 2023

East Khasi Hills district has registerd over 5,196 cases of crimes during the past three years from 2020 to 2023. 

This was informed by the Deputy Chief Minister in-charge Home (Police) Prestone Tynsong while reply to a query raised by UDP Nongpoh legislator from Nongpoh Mayralborn Syiem in the Assembly on Tuesday. 

Syiem has sought assurance of the deputy chief minister on the need to fast track the investigation and chargesheeting of pending cases.

He said there are over 2,821 cases of crimes have been registered in a span of 3 years out of which only 84 have been prosecuted so far. 

In his reply, Tynsong admitted that it looks very discouraging as it takes a lot of time for cases to reach the stage of prosecution. 

He however said the state police are going all out to complete the process of charge-sheeting and submit the same to the court for disposal of cases. 

“I like to assure the House that the police and the government will not sit idle on this issue. We will pursue this matter and ensure procedure in the court will complete (at the earliest),” he added. 

On the status of the forensic laboratory in the State, the deputy chief minister informed that the State government had recently created a separate directorate of forensic under the control of the Home department.

“Few proposals have been submitted for strengthening the functioning of this department and government has already approved the proposal. We have also already acquired few important instruments required to ensure pending cases are fast track and test no longer required to be sent outside the state (for speedy investigation),” he said.

Regarding the shortage of manpower in the police department, Tynsong informed that a meeting was recently held under the chairmanship of the chief minister Conrad K Sangma has decided to fill up the shortages faced by the SP office, police statins, women police stations, police outposts across the state. 

“The DGP is working out the total requirement and once that is done, the government will accordingly create and sanction. I am sure few months from now, we will be able to fill up those requirements right from the SP office level down to the outpost level,” he assured.