Jaipur:

Mukadma (case), Mulzim (accused), Ilzam (allegation), Ittila (information), Chashmdeed (eyewitness) and many such terms may not be a part of policing vocabulary in Rajasthan for long, with the BJP government in the state issuing direction to replace them with appropriate Hindi words.

The state police headquarters started the exercise following a letter by Minister of State (Home) Jawahar Singh Bedham, seeking information about such words and their Hindi alternatives.

Following the letter, state police chief U R Sahoo wrote to Additional Director General of Police (Training) last month to collect details of Urdu words and find out their appropriate replacements.

In the letter, he also instructed the officer to omit Urdu terms from training material, apprise all trainees of the new Hindi words, and disseminate information about the new Hindi words in the ongoing training programmes.

The DGP’s communication, dated November 11, also gives a reference of the letter from MoS Bedham.

ADG (Crime), meanwhile, also wrote to all police range inspector generals on December 10 in reference to the DGP’s letter. And then, letters were sent to all SPs of the state.

“In the follow-up of the instructions from the PHQ (Police headquarters), the SPs have been asked to collect information about the Urdu words and their Hindi replacements,” a police official said.

The Congress party criticised the government over the move, calling it uncalled for.

“Law and order situation is worsening in the state but the state government is not bothered about it. Rather than replacing words which have been there in practice for long, the government should take effective action to control crime and restore law and order,” he said.

There are several terms which are commonly used in police, like Mukadma (case), Mulzim (accused), Mustagis (complainant), Ilzam (allegation), Ittila (information), Chashmadeed (eye-witness), Jeb Tarashi (pick pocketing), Ferd Baramadgi (recovery memo) among others.

They and many other Urdu terms may not be a part of the policing vocabulary in the state for long.

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Jaipur:

The BJP government in Rajasthan is set to introduce a bill in the upcoming Assembly session to stop forceful religious conversions in the state, Parliamentary Affairs Minister Jogaram Patel said on Saturday.

The bill was approved in a Cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Bhajan Lal Sharma.

Jogaram Patel said the bill proposes that if someone wants to convert to another religion, the person will have to give an application to the district magistrate 60 days in advance.

“The district magistrate will examine whether or not it is a forceful conversion,” he said, adding if it is found that the conversion is not forced or under any temptation, then the applicant will be allowed to go ahead with it.

Talking to reporters after the meeting, the state parliamentary affairs minister said, “The government has decided to bring a bill in the upcoming assembly session to stop forceful religious conversion in the state. The bill has provisions of punishment in different categories, from one year to 10 years, with penalties for forceful conversion of an individual or in groups.” Deputy Chief Minister Prem Chand Bairwa said nine policies, including a new MSME policy, one district one product policy, tourism unit policy, mines policy, M-Sand policy and investment promotion scheme, were approved in the Cabinet meeting.

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Kota:

A 28-year-old was arrested for allegedly raping his mother in an inebriated state in Bundi district, police on Wednesday said.

According to the police, the incident occurred on Friday, when the accused was returning home at a village with his 52-year-old mother, they said.

After the incident, the victim, along with her younger son and daughter, reached Dabi Police Station and lodged a complaint against her son, police said.

Police arrested the accused, who during initial interrogation confessed his crime. He was produced before a court and was sent to jail.

According to the police, the victim with her son had gone to her brother’s house. When both were walking back, he raped his mother at an isolated place.

“We have arrested the accused and further investigation is underway. the accused was produced before a court which sent him to judicial custody,” Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Tarunkant Somani said.

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