1,500+ cases, 0 action: Cop blames home dept
(WorldNews India)

MUMBAI: The State Police Complaint Authority (SPCA), set up in 2017 to investigate complaints of harassment, torture, extortion, unlawful detention or arrest against policemen across Maharashtra, has not recommended action in even one of the 1,521 complaints it had received till December 2018. This shocking revelation came through RTI queries to the SPCA and the state home department last month. In Mumbai, action is pending against two DCP-rank officers, two senior inspectors and two sub-inspectors accused of harassment and custodial torture. According to the Maharashtra Right to Public Service Act, the SPCA should hear complaints and recommend action to the home department against the...