'No ban on cell phones in police stations for general public'

There is no ban on bringing devices such as mobile phones and pen drives to police stations in the national capital, Rajya Sabha was informed today.
Minister of State for Home, Haribhai Parathibhai Chaudhary said Delhi Police has reported that there is no ban on bringing mobile phones, pen drives etc by common people at police stations to the places which are accessible to the general public such as Reporting Room, Sakraman Kaksh, Women Help Desk etc.
"There is no inconvenience to public or common men going to police stations for registration of FIRs as no such ban is exercised at the places which are accessible to general public like Reporting Room, Women Help Desk etc," he said in reply to a written question.

The Minister also said that Delhi Police follows a zero tolerance policy toward corruption. The various steps to improve transparency include eFIR, web-based police clearance certificate, advertisements of helpline numbers 1064/9910641064.