The Delhi Police has entered the Limca Book of Records for training over two lakh women and girls under their self-defence programme in 2017. The Delhi Police will receive the award in February 2019.

Started in 2002, the Delhi Police’s self-defence programme is carried out by the Special Police Unit For Women and Children (SPUWAC) and 9,80,456 women under 5,140 programmes have been trained till November this year. 

The SPUWAC had written to Limca Book Of Records in February citing they have trained 2,08,125 participants under 989 programmes in 2017.

“The Delhi Police shared press releases, press clippings and data of all the schools, colleges and other places where the programmes were carried out. After authentication by the Limca Book Of Records, the SPUWAC received an email informing them about their achievement,” said said Geeta Rani Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (SPUWAC).

 “We had shared details about the number of women trained under this programme with the Limca Book of Records officials and, after scrutinising the number and other aspects, they informed us on Wednesday about our feat,” said the DCP.

“Our target for 2019 is to train around 3.5 lakh women and make them strong to deal with any kind of situation. It took time to create awareness about the programme and once the women started showing their interest, the number of participants increased every year,” said an officer who is part of training programme.

This is not the firsttime Delhi Police’s name will figure in the Limca Book of Records. In 2016, the Delhi Police had entered the Limca Book of Records for solving the biggest cash heist case of the country in November 2015 by recovering Rs 22.49 crore of stolen money.