Hypnotist to 'cure' India police

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28 February 2012 Last updated at 05:51 GMT By Salman Ravi BBC Hindi, Raipur Police in the central Indian state of Chhattisgarh have sought the help of a hypnotist to help their men give up drinking alcohol and smoking.

Senior officers believe that alcoholism has become a problem in the force with reports of drunk policemen on duty coming in from parts of the state.

Last week, a local TV channel showed a policeman passing out after drinking alcohol in the capital, Raipur.

India's policemen are overworked and many suffer from stress.

Recently, the local police hired hypnotist VL Soni for a 30-minute session with some 200 policemen who were "alcoholic, overweight or depressed".

After the session ended, Mr Soni announced that all the policemen who attended the session "would soon get rid of their habit of consuming alcohol".

Participants said the session was "dramatic".

They said Mr Soni called up a policeman "on the mobile phone and soon hypnotised him". He also made another policeman sing folk songs during the session, and also showed a film clip on hypnotism.

Participants also said that a cigarette was lit up and the smoke blown at a policeman, who "began to feel nauseous".

"This is exactly what is going to happen to anyone who boozes after this session," Mr Soni reportedly told the gathering.

"This is a kind of meditation. The policemen will have to practise it at home as well. They will soon give up their addiction to alcohol. Whenever they go to drink, they will feel nauseous."

Encouraged by the session, senior Raipur police official Deepanshu Kabra now wants to rope in the hypnotist to help his men "get rid of extra fat and hypertension".

The police is also contemplating using the hypnotist during interrogation of suspects "for solving important cases", an official said.

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Delhi police photographers 'poor'

17 February 2012 Last updated at 06:48 GMT Delhi has one of the best-equipped police forces in India A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has criticised the city police's photographers, saying they do "not know what to click and from which angle".

Judge Surinder S Rathi made the remarks while acquitting six people charged with murder for lack of evidence.

He said police photographers had not taken a single picture of the actual murder site or of the victim showing details of injuries.

The capital has one of the best-equipped police forces in India.

Judge Rathi said none of the five photographs supplied by the police for the trial were helpful.

"As far as the photographing the spot of assault is concerned, I see that Delhi Police photographers are so poorly trained that they absolutely do not know as to what to click and from which angle," he was quoted as saying by the Press Trust Of India news agency.

Judge Rathi also wanted to know why the police photographer did not visit the hospital or the mortuary to take photographs of the victim so that the court could have a clear view of the nature of the injuries.

"Unless immediate steps are taken in this regard, poor, unprofessional quality of work of the crime team can lead to serious miscarriage of justice in many heinous cases," he said.

The court asked the city police chief to "formulate a specific training course for photographers and other crime team members in consonance with the best practices adopted by pivotal investigating agencies the world over".

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Delhi police photographers 'poor'

17 February 2012 Last updated at 06:48 GMT Delhi has one of the best-equipped police forces in India A court in the Indian capital, Delhi, has criticised the city police's photographers, saying they do "not know what to click and from which angle".

Judge Surinder S Rathi made the remarks while acquitting six people charged with murder for lack of evidence.

He said police photographers had not taken a single picture of the actual murder site or of the victim showing details of injuries.

The capital has one of the best-equipped police forces in India.

Judge Rathi said none of the five photographs supplied by the police for the trial were helpful.

"As far as the photographing the spot of assault is concerned, I see that Delhi Police photographers are so poorly trained that they absolutely do not know as to what to click and from which angle," he was quoted as saying by the Press Trust Of India news agency.

Judge Rathi also wanted to know why the police photographer did not visit the hospital or the mortuary to take photographs of the victim so that the court could have a clear view of the nature of the injuries.

"Unless immediate steps are taken in this regard, poor, unprofessional quality of work of the crime team can lead to serious miscarriage of justice in many heinous cases," he said.

The court asked the city police chief to "formulate a specific training course for photographers and other crime team members in consonance with the best practices adopted by pivotal investigating agencies the world over".

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