Emergency Helpline 100 Call

Four months after Delhi High Court judge Vipin Sanghi's call to the emergency helpline number 100 went unanswered, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Police today expressed "regret" over the matter.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Delhi Police today told Delhi High Court that "inconvenience" caused to Justice Vipin Sanghi, whose calls to the emergency helpline number 100 went unanswered, was "inadvertent" and due to reasons beyond their control, including congestion in the systems of telephone service providers.

Delhi Police informed the Home Ministry that many calls via telephone number 100 do not get through due to congestion in the network.

"If there was no answer to a call made by a judge, what would happen when a common man dials it in emergency", said the the Delhi High Court today while expressing concern over the "poor" response on the police emergency helpline number, '100'.

Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy today warned of initiating action against those making fake calls to the recently launched 'Dial 100 system', an emergency response number.

Four months after Delhi High Court judge Vipin Sanghi's call to the emergency helpline number 100 went unanswered, the Ministry of Home Affairs and Delhi Police today expressed "regret" over the matter.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and Delhi Police today told Delhi High Court that "inconvenience" caused to Justice Vipin Sanghi, whose calls to the emergency helpline number 100 went unanswered, was "inadvertent" and due to reasons beyond their control, including congestion in the systems of telephone service providers.

Delhi Police informed the Home Ministry that many calls via telephone number 100 do not get through due to congestion in the network.

"If there was no answer to a call made by a judge, what would happen when a common man dials it in emergency", said the the Delhi High Court today while expressing concern over the "poor" response on the police emergency helpline number, '100'.

Andhra Pradesh Director General of Police V Dinesh Reddy today warned of initiating action against those making fake calls to the recently launched 'Dial 100 system', an emergency response number.