Cops make GD filing easier
Dhaka Metropolitan Police (DMP) yesterday introduced self-duplicating general diary (GD) registry books -- a step seen as an effort to ease public suffering in filing GDs with police stations in the city.
DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Mia launched and distributed the new GD registry books containing preformatted forms to 49 police stations of Dhaka at an inaugural ceremony in his office.
These preformatted forms, soon to be available free of cost at all police stations, will enable hassle-free filing of GDs by Dhaka residents, hoped the commissioner.
Each of the new GD books can register 100 GDs and each pre-printed form in the book has a self-carbonating duplicate sheet underneath.
“The majority of the people suffer during filing of GDs since there's no standard format. They even pay Tk 200 to 250 for seeking help from writers who wander around police stations,” observed the DMP chief.
Hoping the initiative will help eliminate misunderstandings between the police and the people, Asaduzzaman warned of taking punitive measures if any police official deliberately hassles people when they come to police stations for filing GDs.
The commissioner also said they had long been looking for a better way so the people can file GDs without any hassle. “Since the majority of the people visit the police stations for filing GDs, the police image to the people can be improved by eliminating the hassles in filing of the GDs.”
He also said that alongside filing of GDs in the new preformatted forms, handwritten or computer-composed GDs will also be accepted at police stations.
“The format will make the task of filing GDs easier and more transparent,” said DMP Joint Commissioner (crime) Krishna Pada Roy while speaking at the programme.
According to DMP officials, around 400 to 500 GDs, mostly by the law enforcers, are filed every day at different police stations in the capital.
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