Mumbai: Police Commissioner Hemant Nagrery on Tuesday announced the establishment of ‘Nirbhaya squad’ in each police station to prevent examples of sexual harassment in public places, even as a police team from Sakinaka made to solve brutal murder cases.
a woman in 12 hours.
The Nirda squad will patrol a crime hotspot, in addition to collecting intelligence from the area where the hostel and shelter of women are located.
Activists say initiatives need to be maintained in the long term and may not come out.
The State Police Union and Mumbai have been under great pressure after a terrible case revealed.
Instead of starting new troops, police forces need to be sensitive to more humane in their approach to residents, regardless of their class or background.
Usually, people are hesitant to file complaints because it can be a boring process, especially when the police do not help.
The living conditions and work conditions must also increase to bring change attitude.
Nirbhaya forces will consist of a female officer and two policemen – at least one of them a woman – besides a driver.
Personnel will undergo training, which will include the use of recording equipment, such as a pen camera, to help collect evidence in stalking cases.
Spots where crimes against women are often reported and isolated stretches will be identified and round-patrol scheduled according to the pattern of crime.
The squad is required to oversee the movement of individuals who have been ordered for sexual violations in the past five years.
Women’s safety cells will be formed in each police station.
The squad will provide self-defense training in schools and colleges and install the ‘Nirda Box’ for female students to file complaints in secret.
Nagrrale also wants the NIRBHAY squad to prepare a list of elderly women who live alone and visit them to improve their complaints.
“The squad must maintain a separate register of actions taken by them and Nodal officers will go through registers regularly.
Regional additional commissioners will hold a review meeting every month to compile any problems,” the circulation was issued by Nagral.
In 2014, after the murder of Techie Esther Anuhya, police Mumbai had launched a free SMS service to ensure the security of women traveling alone at strange hours.
Before taking a car or taxi, a woman can send a message of a vehicle registration number to a special help channel.
The police said they would get a woman’s location through GPS.
Over time, the initiative was removed.
“Police Mumbai has a limited workforce so that it forms a new team will add to the burden of the police station.
Another problem is the personnel disorder in the inn, especially where poor complainants or illiterate,” said RTI activist Anil Galgali.
The police have been tied with Mpower to advise victims of sex harassment.
(The identity of the victim has not been revealed to protect its privacy according to the direction of the Supreme Court about cases related to sexual violence)