Port Blair, March 02: Andaman & Nicobar Police in collaboration with Bureau of Police Research & Development organized two training programmes for investigators on “Safety of Women” at Police Training School, Prothrapur from 17th February 2020 to 21st February 2020 & 24th February 2020 to 28th February 2020 and Director General of Police, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Mr. Dependra Pathak, IPS, was the Chief Guest on the occasion of valediction ceremony of the programme organized at Police Training School, Prothrapur on 28th February 2020. Shri Madhup Kumar Tewari, IPS, Inspector General of Police (L&O), Mr. Sanjay Kumar, IPS, Inspector General of Police (HQ), Mr. Sanjay Kumar Jain, IPS, Inspector General of Police, Mr. Vijay Singh, IPS, DIGP (Intl.), Mr. Jatin Narwal, IPS, DIGP (HQ), all Superintendents of Police, Dy. Superintendents of Police, all Inspectors and Station House Officers also attended the valedictory function.
These Training programmes for investigators on “Safety of women” were organized so as to empower them with the required professionalism, in terms of knowledge, skills and attitudes, for dealing with the cases of violence against women and also for effectively addressing the challenges relating to women safety. It was felt that building the capacity of police personnel is essential for ensuring the protection of women’s rights and for providing a safe and secure environment for women. These programmes were sponsored by BPR&D under Nirbhaya Fund.
The Director General of Police, in his valedictory address, emphasized on the need for greater sensitivity in handling the victims of crime against women and a professional approach for investigating these cases. He expressed satisfaction that these programmes have provided a very useful platform to the participants to learn the nuances of investigation related to crime against women and to share their problems and difficulties in the investigation of sensitive cases. He also interacted with the participants and responded to the questions raised by them on various issues such as sensitivity towards complainant(s)/victim(s) of crime, effective and visible patrolling, examination of witnesses, court procedures etc. He also appreciated and complimented the efforts of entire team of Police Training School for organizing these programmes. Earlier, Ms. Usha Rangnani, IPS, Principal, Police Training School, welcomed the gathering and highlighted the key elements of the training programme.A total of 50 participants have benefitted from the programme.
The important topics that were covered in these training programmes were crime against women, victim counseling, crime scene investigation, forensic medicine and post mortem examinations, scientific interrogation techniques, mobile forensics and digital evidence, cybercrime and cyber security, recent amendments in laws related to crime against women and behavioral techniques for dealing with victims and complainants of crime against women. Experts from the field and specialists in subjects have taken Lectures on these topics and given their valuable inputs for building the proficiency of police personnel for investigating the cases of crime against women and for sensitizing them towards women safety. This time more emphasis was laid on practical exposure through case studies, group exercises, role-plays, demonstration and illustrations apart from theoretical lectures so as to develop necessary skills in trainees to translate knowledge into action and to understand the theoretical training in its proper perspective. The programme concluded with the vote of thanks by Mr. Michael Raj, DANIPS, Vice Principal, Police Training School, Prothrapur.
Special Drive by A&N Traffic Police
Port Blair, Feb 28: In view of increasing complaints of rash, negligent & drunken driving in the Municipal areas from general public, Aberdeen Traffic Branch conducted special drive on 27.02.2020 late night by placing barricades on various Traffic junctions like Garacharma, School Line, Mazar Pahar and Delanipur. During the drive, around 1500 vehicles were checked by the traffic teams and 257 vehicles were found in violation of various sections of Motor Vehicle Act & Rules and were challaned. The special drive was conducted under the command of Mr. Ajay Kumar Rai, DANIPS, Dy.SP (Traffic) under the close supervision of Mr. Anant Mittal, IPS, SP (Traffic).
Moreover, during the Special Drive,Total 18 out of 16 drivers/riders under the violation of Drunken drive viz. 1).J. Vishal S/o K. Johney (25)yrs R/o Hope Town, Ferrargunj 2)Sunder Roy S/o Shishe Kr. Roy (24)yrs R/o Carbyn Chowk3)K. Nagrajan S/o Mr. K. Padtally (28)yrs R/o Round Basti. 4)Arun Chakraborty S/o Tarakeswar Chakaraborty (33)yrs R/o Police Qtr, Junglighat5)Barun Roy S/o Chandi Charan Roy (28)yrs R/o Pongychaung6)Etwa Horo S/o SomraHoro (26)yrs R/o Bargat Line 7)Humanyu Rasid Ahmed S/o Sarif Ahmed (43)yrs R/o Delanipur8)Siddheswar Biswas S/o Ranjit Biswas (45)yrs R/o Sippighat 9)Sanjeev Rao S/o Late M. Raja Rao (51)yrs R/o Near Range Office, Garacharma10)Poobalan S/o P. Babu (24)yrs R/o BathuBasti11)Manickam S/o Late Mari (28)yrs R/o Dairy Farm12)Rahul David S/o Dhanaraj David (22)yrs R/o Round Basti Near Shiv Temple13)Barun Mondal S/o Gokul Mondal (29)yrs R/o Garacharma14)Joseph S/o Mr. Melkier (26)yrs R/o Olchinko Tuket Kinmai Village, Car Nicobar15)Vinayak V S/o Mr. Vijayadharam (30)yrs R/o Minnie Bay Near KV-I School 16)P. Shakthi Murgan S/o Late Pokkaram (38)yrs R/o Garacharma and 02 drivers/riders under the violation of Dangerous drive viz. 1).N. Satish Kumar S/o N. Laxmi Narayan (20)yrs R/o Gurudwara Lane2)N. Bala Krishna S/o N. Vallaiah (19)yrs R/o Near Power House were booked for Dangerous driving. Such drive will be conducted regularly to book such violations.
The Traffic Police once again cautions the vehicle users to obey the traffic rules and regulations and the traffic signals and signs displayed at various junctions and places. Further, the vehicle users/owners are also cautioned to abstain from Obstructive Parking of their vehicles and advised to park on the designated place of parking as declared by them during the time of vehicle registration.Action would be taken against violators of traffic rules as per law.
It is once again requested from general public to report violations of M.V rules through Facebook @ www.facebook.com/AndamanNicobarTrafficPolice, Twitter @ www.twitter.com/ANTrafficPolice and Whatsapp @ 9531892228 by posting a clear photo/video of erring driver/rider violating traffic rules with clear visible of registration number of vehicle, date, time and location of violation for initiating further legal action.
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American National reportedly killed by Sentinelese Tribes of Andaman
Sheekha Bureau
Port Blair, Nov 20: An American tourist, identified as John Allen Chau, 27 years, has been reportedly killed by tribes of Sentinelese Community at North Sentinel Island.
Unconfirmed sources say that the American National had gone to North Sentinel Island with a local fisherman nearly five days back to interact with Sentinelese tribes, where he was reportedly killed by the hostile tribes of Sentinel Islands.
It has been learnt that since this afternoon several closed door meetings have been conducted by senior police officers to get complete details about this case and to register a proper FIR, in this regard.
Atlast, by late evening, a senior police officer confirmed that tonight a case of murder has been registered against unknown tribal members of Sentinelese Community.
“After getting relevant information a murder case has been registered,” the senior officer said.
Sources said that the victim visited Andaman and Nicobar Islands five times in past and had a strong desire to meet Sentinelese Tribes for preaching Christianity.
John Allen Chau reportedly hired fishing dinghy from Chidiyatapu area and with the help of some fishermen he reached closed to the Island on 16 November 2018, from where he travelled in his own canoe. Sources also said that a failed attempt was made on 14 November 2018 also.
Sources said that at North Sentinel Island he was killed by the hostile tribes and his body was spotted by some fishermen.
The Deputy Commissioner South Andaman and even the official spokesperson of A & N Administration were unavailable for a comment in this regard.
According to sources, John Allen Chau was staying in a moderate hotel at Dignabad area of Port Blair city.
Sentinelese is a hostile tribal community living in North Sentinel Island of South Andaman.
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Port Blair, Aug 30: It seems that soon the dream of having a Bridge between Port Blair City and Bambooflat Island of South Andaman region will be materialized as the Lt. Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lt. Gen (Retd.) A K Singh today said that the A & N Administration is waiting for a feasibility report in this regard.
Addressing a gathering at Stewart Gunj Village today during his visit to South Andaman villages, the Lt. Governor said that the initial bidding process for a feasibility report for construction of a bridge connecting Chatham & Bambooflat had been attended by three firms and one firm had been entrusted to submit a feasibility report by December.
“The feasibility report would decide whether or not to proceed further with the idea of constructing a bridge,” the Lt. Governor said.
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Sanjib Kumar Roy
Port Blair, Feb 26: Though the Supreme Court of India has barred government or private buses or other commercial vehicles from carrying tourists through the Andaman Trunk Road (ATR), yet nearly 70 IFS trainee (who are not Islanders) were allowed to cross, Jirkatang- Middle Strait stretch of Andaman Trunk Road in Private Buses on Monday and Tuesday.
According to information received here nearly 31 IFS trainees travelled through ATR yesterday in a private bus, Shahi’s Coach. These trainees crossed Jirkatang Check Post yesterday morning and reached Baratang Jetty, from where they were taken to Limestone Caves in three private dinghies namely, Sri Ganga, King Cave and Parrot Island. Today all the 32 trainee IFS officers returned back to Port Blair again in the same bus, crossing Jarawa Tribal Reserve area of Andaman Trunk Road.
The matter does not end here, this morning again another batch of around 35 IFS Trainees were taken to Baratang in a private bus namely, Dhanalakshmi. These IFS officers were also taken to Limestone Caves in two private dinghies and one departmental dinghy. The second batch of IFS officers will return back to Port Blair tomorrow again via ATR, it is learnt.
Andaman Sheekha tried to cross check the matter with the Superintendent of Police of South Andaman but his mobile phone was unreachable from 8.15 pm to 9.00 PM.
When other sources in Police Department were contacted they replied that these IFS trainees were allowed to use Andaman Trunk Road because they had an official order issued by the Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (PCCF) and the order was also signed by the IG Police.
This shows that the visit has been shown as official visit by the Administration but if this was an official visit then why these IFS trainees were taken to Limestone Caves in private dinghies like tourists? Isn’t it clear cut violation of Supreme Court Order?
On one hand nearly 2500 tour operators and travel agents (direct victim of ATR closure) have lost their prime source of income due to closure of Andaman Trunk Road on the other hand such indirect government sponsored tourism is making mockery of the law and also Supreme Court’s order.
If sending these IFS trainees to Baratang was so important why the Administration did not arrange a boat for them? When the Administration can ask tourists to use boats to reach N & M Andaman why these IFS officers were not sent to Baratang by boat?
Publishing a counter reply against all report carried out by local media has become a trend in all local departments, and in this case also it is expected that the Forest Department will soon come up with an explanation but ultimately it is the truth that trumps. Hope the Chief Secretary will look into this matter and will support the truth by taking action in this case.
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Diglipur, North Andaman, Oct 24: 40 False Killer Whales have found dead at Elizabeth Bay (inhabited by 20 Families) area of Shyam Nagar village in Diglipur Island of North Andaman.
To reach Shyam Nagar Village, one has to travel 30 kms from Diglipur Bazaar then in Dinghi one need more than two hours.
“We are waiting for the post mortem report. As the area is totally cut off, we are unable to contact the team, which was sent to Shyam Nagar,” the Assistant Commissioner of Diglipur, Dr. Vivek Kumar to ‘Andaman Sheekha’ today.
Dr. Kumar said that initially there were 41 Killer Whale but one whale was pushed back into the sea by villager, which survived the disaster.
Mr. Bimal Das, Panchayati Raj Institute Member from Diglipur Panchayat first saw the dead Killer Whales on 21st Oct, 2012, when he had gone to his brother’s house during Durga Puja.
“I saw something is shining on the beach. I went there with a torch in hand and was horrified with the scene at the sea beach. There were many big fishes lying on the sea beach. Their fins and tail were shining in moon light. Immediately I informed the matter to villagers,” Mr. Das added.
According to Mr. Das, villagers were too scared to see the Killer Whales, which were lying all around on the beach. Some were still in knee deep water. “The villagers tried to push them back into the sea but failed, later they went back. Next day they found as many as 40 whales dead on the beach, some of them were bleeding,” Mr. Das added.
Next day the matter was reported to Dr. Shailesh Kumar, Assistant Fisheries Development Officer, who took up the matter with the Assistant Commissioner of Diglipur, Dr. Vivek Kumar.
On 23rd October at around 5.00 am Dr. Shailesh Kumar, AFDO and Dr. Vivek Kumar, AC Diglipur along with other staffs reached the beach and were shocked to see dead Killer Whales.
“False Killer Whales are very emotional like human beings. They are found in groups. If any of the dolphin is trapped, others show sympathy and other whales follow,” Dr. Shailesh Kumar told media persons at Diglipur today.
Meanwhile the Assistant Commissioner has passed orders to dispose off the dead Killer Whales.
However late yesterday evening DFO, North Andaman told Andaman Sheekha that they have identified the species as Short Finned Pilot Whales, although confirmation is still to come.
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Port Blair, May 07: Dr. (Mrs.) Shalia Shah, the first female candidate to qualify IAS examination from Andaman and Nicobar Island today said that she wants to serve Andaman and Nicobar Islands as Civil Servant. “I belong to this place and understand local issues and if I get a chance to serve these Islands, I would be able to contribute my best efforts for my Islands,” Dr. Shah told Andaman Sheekha today.
The young Doctor, now selected for Civil Services, Dr. (Mrs.) Shalia Shah added that there are lot of schemes, which are introduced by the Government for poor people but actually those schemes never reach to the ground level. “My efforts will be do my best to implement these schemes in these Islands,” she added.
Talking to Andaman Sheekha Dr. (Mrs.) Shah said that she would like to dedicate this honour to her parents, her husband, in-law and everybody else who have helped her directly or indirectly.
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Port Blair, Jan 15: Department of Posts, A & N Islands Division is now acting as Registrar for Unique Identification Authority of India( UIDAI) for Aadhaar enrollment . Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav , Director Postal Services told that Port Blair Head Post Office will work as enrollment station to obtain Unique Identification Number.
Mr. Krishna Kumar Yadav , Director Postal services further added that Aadhaar is a proof of Identity recognized by the Government of India . Aadhaar is not a card , but a 12 digit number that will be given to every resident including infants , elderly and even those who don’t have any identify proof . It is issued after using the latest biometric technology , every individual will get his/her own unique Aadhaar number which will be valid across the country . This number will be valid for availing various government and non – government services in future.
Aadhaar enrollment forms are available at Port Blair Head Post Office for enrollment of every individual whom have to bring photo identity proof and proof of address . Biomatric data such as Photograph , Iris scan ( both eyes ) and finger prints( 10 fingers ) will be captured and then a receipt of it will be handed over and Aadhaar number will be later on post to the addressee by Speed Post.
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