Ranchi, July 5
If we are to believe the police headquarters – the Dhruv helicopter used in the state with ‘Jharkhand Police’ boldly embedded on it, does not belong to the state police but has been bought by the state government for everyone’s usage. Secondly, this helicopter cannot rush immediately for rescue operations in case of emergency as it needs at least two hours lead time for the paper works before it can depart.
The surprising claims were made by none other than state police spokesman RK Mallick before the media on Wednesday. Mallick was clarifying the police’s stand for not using the helicopter at the rescue operations at Tamar, where five police personnel including a SDPO lost their life in a land mine blast on Monday.
"We tried to send in the helicopter so that the injured jawans could be rushed to hospital. But due to various problems we could not sent it," he added. Mallick claimed that the role of media in the episode was not appreciable. "To create an impression that we did nothing is wrong," he added.
A press release was also issued by the police headquarter that said "It is conveniently forgotten that certain formalities and a definite protocol be ensured before the helicopter can be dispatched to any destination from the hangar at Ranchi Airport." It also says that a helicopter on rescue mission must not only land at the place of occurrence (PO) but also take off from the same PO – further it claims that the same was not possible in the weather condition.
The claims of the headquarters means that a jawan needs to fight his death for more than two hours and wait for the completion of the protocol. Equally interesting was the claim of Mallick that said that the helicopter can be used only if it is free. "It does not matter that from whose budget did the money for buying the helicopter came from – it is that the state government paid for it and it is only when it is free we can use it," he added.
Mallick, also seemed to be confused when queried about not using the helicopter in the combing operations when the Maoist had looted Rs. 5.5 crore from the cash ferrying van in the same area. "The helicopter was under maintenance," he claimed today nullifying his previous claim that the helicopter was not used as their was no co-pilot.
If we are to believe the police headquarters – the Dhruv helicopter used in the state with ‘Jharkhand Police’ boldly embedded on it, does not belong to the state police but has been bought by the state government for everyone’s usage. Secondly, this helicopter cannot rush immediately for rescue operations in case of emergency as it needs at least two hours lead time for the paper works before it can depart.
The surprising claims were made by none other than state police spokesman RK Mallick before the media on Wednesday. Mallick was clarifying the police’s stand for not using the helicopter at the rescue operations at Tamar, where five police personnel including a SDPO lost their life in a land mine blast on Monday.
"We tried to send in the helicopter so that the injured jawans could be rushed to hospital. But due to various problems we could not sent it," he added. Mallick claimed that the role of media in the episode was not appreciable. "To create an impression that we did nothing is wrong," he added.
A press release was also issued by the police headquarter that said "It is conveniently forgotten that certain formalities and a definite protocol be ensured before the helicopter can be dispatched to any destination from the hangar at Ranchi Airport." It also says that a helicopter on rescue mission must not only land at the place of occurrence (PO) but also take off from the same PO – further it claims that the same was not possible in the weather condition.
The claims of the headquarters means that a jawan needs to fight his death for more than two hours and wait for the completion of the protocol. Equally interesting was the claim of Mallick that said that the helicopter can be used only if it is free. "It does not matter that from whose budget did the money for buying the helicopter came from – it is that the state government paid for it and it is only when it is free we can use it," he added.
Mallick, also seemed to be confused when queried about not using the helicopter in the combing operations when the Maoist had looted Rs. 5.5 crore from the cash ferrying van in the same area. "The helicopter was under maintenance," he claimed today nullifying his previous claim that the helicopter was not used as their was no co-pilot.
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