Rajouri, Feb 13: Sr. Superintendent of Police Rajouri Amritpal Singh IPS called upon all Police Officers in District Rajouri to adopt a Child-Friendly approach while dealing with Children in difficult circumstances. He was speaking at the inaugural ceremony of the Police Training on Juvenile Justice Act organized by the National Development Foundation Jammu/Rajouri in collaboration with the district police office Rajouri and the District Child Protection Unit Rajouri. Additional SP Nowshera presented a welcome address while the Vote of Thanks was presented by Ab Raheem, District Social Welfare and District Child Protection Officer Rajouri. Mr. Rahim gave a detailed account of the functioning of DCPU CWC and JJB in Rajouri. Ms. Nimisha Srivastava, ED CSJ acted as a Resource Person and sensitized the participants on the procedures laid down in the Act. Mr. Sunny Kumar, Programme Manager NDF conducted the proceedings of the Training Programme. Prominent among others present include Addl. SP Rajouri, Musadik Basu, DYSPs, SDPOs, SHOs, Child Welfare Police Officers and reps of CWC JJB, DCPU and one-stop centre.

Mr. Rajiv Khajuria, President National Development Foundation in his address gave an introduction to the Child Rights and Juvenile Justice Act and highlighted the Role of Police in the principle of Diversion laid down in the Juvenile Justice Act. He said that children can't comprehend consequences, the need is to understand the underlying reasons for their offending nature and link them with the Juvenile Justice System to integrate them into Family and Community. He lauded the Role of J&K Police for their Humane and Child-friendly face in dealing with the children. He thanked SSP Rajouri for his keen interest in implementing Child-friendly Policing. He also thanked UNICEF India for their support.

Amritpal Singh SSP disclosed that District Police Rajouri and the National Development Foundation will together make Police Station Rajouri a Model Child-Friendly Police Station which can receive the children involved in Petty and Serious offences or the victims of POCSO in a child-friendly manner. He informed that as envisioned by the Prime Minister of India, DGP J&K has given standing instructions for child and women-friendly Policing strictly following the Laws. He appreciated the efforts of the National Development Foundation and thanked Mr. Rajiv Khajuria for imparting training to Police officers of the Rajouri district. He asked the officers to clear all their doubts from resource persons concerning the implementation of the Juvenile Justice Act 2015 as amended in 2023.