Jaspal Singh who has taken over as Goa’s Director General of Police is no stranger to Goa. He was first posted here as Assistant Superintendent of Police in 1999 and 2017 as IGP. Indra Dev Shukla who has retired as DGP during his short stint tried his best to uplift the police force which over the years has sadly been lacking independence in its functioning with the politicians in power having done all they can to systematically erode the powers and authority of the DGP.
The Supreme Court has time and again ruled that the police should be wholly insulated from any political pressure, whatsoever, so as to be able to secure the citizen’s rights under the Constitution and that the Police should be allowed to freely and fearlessly discharge their fundamental duties of ensuring law and order while upholding the rule of law.
Tackling the grave drug menace, rising crime and enormous corruption at all levels of governance are some of the challenges Jaspal Singh will have to grapple with as the new DGP of Goa. Let us all wish him well.
