Sacked trainee cops end up on the streets

HYDERABAD: Sitting on the footpath at the Basheerbagh-Koti stretch, K Kiran Kumar was looking for some help to return to his native place. The youngster from Medak district has literally ended up on the streets. The Police Training Centre officials had earlier cancelled the training session of Stipendiary Cadet Trainee Police Constables (SCTPCs), since there were cases booked against them for participating in a protest, demanding release of selection results which were due for over two years. 15 youth from across the state had arrived in Hyderabad about a month back to lobby with political leaders and other important personalities, to get some relief for their plight. But with no solution in sight and all their money at an end, they are now cooling their heels on footpaths and public parks in the city."I joined the training centre hoping to become a policeman. I reported on April 18 and trained till April 24. Suddenly, officials cancelled my session and asked me to leave the centre, for protesting against delay in results of constable selections. While many of the colleagues are undergoing training, I have nowhere to go," Kiran Kumar told Express.Even as the Central Administration Tribunal (CAT) made it clear in a case that selection boards can recruit candidates even when they are involved in criminal cases, the respective Superintendents of Police (SP) directed training centre officials to send them away. The Service Selection Board had conducted the selection process in 2008 and results were released in 2010."Training centre officials cancelled our training telling us we were involved in protests demanding immediate release of results which have been delayed by more than two years," dejected candidates coming out of the training centre said. N Vittaiah is the first from his family to get a government job but his joy was short-lived. "It was my childhood dream to become a policeman. With great expectations, I had joined the training centre. But only after three days of training, officials asked me to leave the centre. It came as a shock," said Vittaiah.