The main opposition Congress today staged a walkout in the Chhattisgarh Assembly alleging that the police are not taking timely action in criminal cases and are delaying the process of filing of chargesheets.
During Question Hour, BJP MLA Awdhesh Singh Chandel sought to know the exact number of criminal offences registered in his Bemetara assembly constituency between 2015-16and December 2017.
He asked the state government's reply on the number of cases in which chargesheets have been filed and the deadline for taking action in the pending matters.
In his reply, Home Minister Ramsewak Paikra informed that 369 cases of murder, loot, theft, dacoity, rape, duping, chain snatching and burglary were registered during this period in the region and that chargesheets have been filed in 164 cases.
Paikra, however, said it was not possible to tell when the action would be taken in remaining cases.
Meanwhile, Congress MLAs Satyanarayan Sharma, Santram Netam, Mohan Markam and others alleged that the police commit inordinate delay in taking action in cases and that the process of filing chargesheets was pending in several cases across the state.
Santram Netam said he had himself lodged an FIR in a matter in 2015 but still no action has been taken in that case.
Paikra said police took action in any case after completing investigation.
Unsatisfied with the reply of the minister, the Congress MLAs staged a walkout.
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