Haryana police is all set to launch its first-ever all-women police station across 21 districts of the state on the eve of Raksha Bandhan.
The move is a part of Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar’s plan to open one such police station in every district, to provide a congenial environment for women to come forward and lodge complaints.
According to the National Crime Record Bureau (NCRB) statistics, Haryana alone registered 8,974 cases of crime against women in 2014. It is higher than in neighbouring Punjab (5,425) and has contributed 2.7% to the national average.
Director General of Haryana Police, Yash Pal Singhal, told Hindustan Times:
Each of the 21 police stations have been fully trained and legally empowered to exercise powers. Each police station will have a minimum strength of 38 to 40 woman cops, including a station house officer (SHO) of the inspector rank, two sub-inspectors, three assistant sub-inspectors, four head constables and 20 constables, besides supporting staff of 8 to 10 selected male police officials for assistance of the SHO for conducting raids and producing accused in the courts.
Manohar Lal Khattar will inaugurate the Panchkula police station; all the others will be inaugurated by state ministers, Singhal told HT.
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