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Case for a trans-inclusive police force
Pinak Mishra
“Nothing else in the world…not all the armies…is so powerful as an idea whose time has come,” wrote Victor Hugo. The Sub Inspector of Police recruitment in Odisha this year is indeed a special one. For the first time, 26 transgender persons will be taking the exam with the hopes of joining the prestigious Odisha Police. It is also the first time a public advertisement has been issued seeking applications from transgender persons for government jobs in the state.
It is commonplace knowledge that the transgender community has always lived a difficult life bereft of any social identity and respect. Living on the margins, transgenders have long suffered extreme discrimination at the hands of all sections of the society, including the police, merely due to their sexual orientation.
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A 31-year-old man allegedly died by suicide at Golanthara police station in Ganjam district following which two policemen were placed under suspension and one was transferred, an officer said on Tuesday. (Representative image)
BERHAMPUR: A 31-year-old man allegedly died by suicide at Golanthara police station in Ganjam district following which two policemen were placed under suspension and one was transferred, an officer said on Tuesday.
The deceased has been identified as Ganesh Dakua of Rangipur village. He was picked up by police on the charge of creating disturbance in the village and made to sit in the reception room of the police station where Dakua allegedly tried to commit suicide by using a belt on Monday evening, the officer said.
Ex-army man arrested for training Naxals in Odisha
Ex-army man arrested for training Naxals in Odisha
Odisha Police Arrests An Ex-army Personnel Along With Five Others For Providing Arms Training And Logistic Support To CPI-Maoist Breakaway Faction Peopleâs Liberation Front Of India (PLFI) From Sundergarh District.
News Nation Bureau | Edited By : Deepak Mahato | Updated on: 02 Oct 2017, 09:56:40 PM
New Delhi:
Odisha Police arrests an ex-army personnel along with five others for providing arms training and logistic support to CPI-Maoist breakaway faction People’s Liberation Front of India (PLFI) from Sundergarh district.
The arrests came a day after Odisha Police arrested eight PLFI cadres including two commander rank members of the banned outfit.