The court also ordered the DGP to put before the court details about the structure of the newly set up Civil Rights Cell by the state police to deal with such cases and also as to how it will function.
According to the petition, Kamala Devi and her daughter Priyanka were allegedly abducted by one Bhala Ram. Chela Ram, husband of Kamla Devi, had filed the missing report with Sindhari (Barmer) police on 27 July, 2011.
When police failed to carry out "effective action" towards searching her despite repeated requests and memorandum to the police officials and administration, Chela Ram filed a habeas corpus petition in the high court which summoned the DGP today to submit his response.
The Jodhpur bench comprising justices Dinesh Maheshwari and N K Jain asked DGP Harish Meena as to "why the police did not show a will to solve such cases in general and why it has not been able to find the missing mother-daughter in nine months".
DGP Meena sought one month time to produce the mother and the daughter before the court and also apprised the court about setting up of new Civil Rights Cell with a view to deal with such cases along with those of related to women and SC/ST categories, which will be headed by an officer of the level of ADGP.
The court listed the petition for hearing on May 29 and ordered the DGP to provide complete details of the mentioned cell with a direction to the ADGP of the cell to appear in the court on that day.
The sensational Bhanwari Devi murder case was unravelled last year after her husband had filed a habeas corpus plea claiming that his wife had gone missing which led to a CBI probe and arrest of former minister Mahipal Maderna and Congress MLA Malkhan Singh among others. PTI CORR RT
