The Mumbai Police, which supplies safety to among the key establishments within the metropolis on demand, has been going through an uncommon problem — pending dues of over Rs 7 crore from numerous authorities businesses.
Knowledge offered by the Mumbai Police in response to a Proper to Info question by The Indian Categorical, exhibits that no less than 14 businesses owe them Rs 7,10,67,252 in opposition to safety providers offered over a interval of seven years. As per the record, the Revenue Tax division is the most important defaulter, adopted by the Mumbai Metropolitan Area Improvement Authority (MMRDA) and the Reserve Financial institution of India (RBI).
The knowledge was accessed by The Indian Categorical by way of the Proper to Info from the Native Arms III and Native Arms IV of the Mumbai Police. The Revenue Tax Division has excellent dues of Rs 4.85 crore for the safety availed for numerous functions, together with raids over the previous six years, whereas the MMRDA is but to clear a invoice of Rs 1.11 crore for bandobast offered in 2017, and the RBI owes Rs 45.71 lakh for providers that the central financial institution opted for between January 2018 and March 2020.
The Indian Categorical reached out to the official spokesperson of CBDT by way of calls, messages and mails nevertheless it didn’t heed any response. When contacted, the spokesperson of MMRDA refused to remark, whereas RBI’s PRO didn’t reply.
Explaining the method of availing of safety providers, a senior police officer stated that every company has to jot down to the Commissioner of Mumbai Police, requesting for safety. As per the protocol, the request is forwarded to the Deputy Commissioner of Police (Operation) and on behalf of the Commissioner of Mumbai Police, the DCP conducts an inquiry and, relying on the findings, directs the Native Arms division to rearrange the required safety.
“The DCP operation, in its instruction, offers us the date, time, location and variety of personnel to be facilitated to the respective company and we simply observe the orders,” an officer stated. In line with the Mumbai police, the fees for a 12-hour safety service of 1 personnel varies from Rs 5,486 to Rs 13,569, relying on the designation of the personnel from a police constable to an assistant commissioner of police. The speed retains altering yearly, an officer added.
Sources throughout the division said that the Mumbai police directs fee to be made when safety providers are utilised. Nevertheless, these authorities businesses haven’t complied. Consequently, regardless of quite a few reminders, RTI knowledge exhibits that these establishments are but to settle their excellent dues.
Joint Commissioner of Police S Jaykumar (Administration) stated, “We sometimes require advance fee when offering safety for people. For establishments, we reply to their requests after which generate a invoice afterward. In the event that they fail to make fee, we observe up with reminders.”
Just like the Revenue Tax, MMRDA and RBI, the Common Stamp workplace in Fort additionally has an excellent due of Rs 44.20 lakh, which they need to pay for the bandobast providers between August 2019 and July 2024. A senior official from the Common Stamp Workplace, requesting anonymity, stated, “The fee is pending on account of some procedural concern due to a question that has been raised by the federal government’s treasury division. The identical has been forwarded to the Mumbai Police and as quickly as they reply, the invoice will probably be cleared.”
The Mumbai Police have additionally issued payments in opposition to Common Supervisor of the Deonar Abattoir, Maharashtra State Council of Examination in Pune, Nationwide Sorting Hub close to Home Airport and Nationwide Mineral Improvement Company Restricted of 8.25 lakh, Rs 3.05 lakh, Rs 2.69 lakh and Rs 2.02 lakh, respectively, for availing safety providers for numerous functions.
When contacted, Common Supervisor of Deonar Abattoir Ok Pathan stated, “I’m not conscious that there’s any quantity due with the Mumbai Police, I’ve been on this workplace since 2021 and we’ve not acquired any reminder from anybody concerning this excellent fee. Often they supply safety to us to make sure that there isn’t a regulation and order downside.”
Whereas the superintendent of Nationwide Sorting Hub on the Home airport Santosh Kulkarni claimed that they’ve cleared each invoice for the safety availed of by their division. He stated, “We regularly go for safety from the police pressure when UPSC examination’s query paper or every other delicate materials is being transported. The Mumbai police not too long ago despatched us a reminder of some excellent payments and in our reply, we’ve talked about the date and time of every fee made by our division.”
Maharashtra State Council of Examination and Nationwide Mineral Improvement Company Restricted didn’t reply to mails.
