Police Commissioner D Sivanandan during the function at the Police Club on Thursday. Ganesh Shirsekar
Express News Service Tags : women police helpline, mumbai Posted: Friday , Mar 05, 2010 at 2350 hrs Mumbai:
Come April, the 103 helpline would be made available to women across the state, the authorities announced on Thursday. They said the helpline has made Mumbai women “feel confident” in approaching the police against all kinds of harassments. The helpline was launched two years ago for women, senior citizens and children.
“By April, the (state) government plans to make this a state-level helpline so that women from across Maharashtra can seek solution to their problems,” additional chief secretary (Home) Chandra Iyengar said on Thursday.
The helpline was inaugurated on February 28, 2008 following the infamous incident on December 31, 2007 at Juhu where two women were molested by drunken men, said Nandita Shah of Akshara, a women’s organisation that helped in setting up the service. “The helpline has done great work since its inception. It has helped protect many women from domestic violence, eve teasing and other such problems,” Shah said. “Over the years, the helpline has taken action in 2,810 cases so far out of which 1,623 were of domestic violence and 516 were of eve teasing. It has helped in a way that women, who face any kind of harassment either at home or colleges or workplaces, feel confident about approaching the authorities to complain about their problems and seek justice,” Police Commissioner D Sivanandhan added. Once an aggrieved person makes a call to the helpline, the response time for the authorities is 6-7 minutes, Sivanandhan claimed.
Meanwhile, Iyengar requested senior city police officials to ensure that the complainants on the helpline are attended in a sympathetic and sensitive manner. “It is also necessary that police officers ensure a follow up on the cases so that complainants do so with confidence that their grievances would be addressed,” she said.
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Come April, the 103 helpline would be made available to women across the state, the authorities announced on Thursday. They said the helpline has made Mumbai women “feel confident” in approaching the police against all kinds of harassments. The helpline was launched two years ago for women, senior citizens and children.
“By April, the (state) government plans to make this a state-level helpline so that women from across Maharashtra can seek solution to their problems,” additional chief secretary (Home) Chandra Iyengar said on Thursday.
The helpline was inaugurated on February 28, 2008 following the infamous incident on December 31, 2007 at Juhu where two women were molested by drunken men, said Nandita Shah of Akshara, a women’s organisation that helped in setting up the service. “The helpline has done great work since its inception. It has helped protect many women from domestic violence, eve teasing and other such problems,” Shah said. “Over the years, the helpline has taken action in 2,810 cases so far out of which 1,623 were of domestic violence and 516 were of eve teasing. It has helped in a way that women, who face any kind of harassment either at home or colleges or workplaces, feel confident about approaching the authorities to complain about their problems and seek justice,” Police Commissioner D Sivanandhan added. Once an aggrieved person makes a call to the helpline, the response time for the authorities is 6-7 minutes, Sivanandhan claimed.
Meanwhile, Iyengar requested senior city police officials to ensure that the complainants on the helpline are attended in a sympathetic and sensitive manner. “It is also necessary that police officers ensure a follow up on the cases so that complainants do so with confidence that their grievances would be addressed,” she said.
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