In a unique initiative aimed at mitigating the woes of women facing domestic violence during lockdown, the Jalandhar Police Commissionerate has started the facility of online counseling helpline for such women through teleconferencing.
“Due to lockdown, complaints regarding domestic violence amongst women were pouring in. To redress such complaints and ensure their safety and security, the Commissionerate Police has constituted a special panel under Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police D Sudharvizhi. A Sub-Inspector rank officer Monica Arora would head the panel with two Assistant Sub-Inspectors — Asha Kiran and Suman Bala—as its members,” said Jalandhar Commissioner of Police Gurpreet Singh Bhullar.
Bhullar said that three psychiatrists would be holding the counseling of the complainants. “As due to lockdown, it is not possible for the complainant to move easily and pursue the case, so this decision has been taken by the Commissionerate Police. If any women complaints about her problem to the Commissionerate, this panel would contact her on the phone,” he added.
KHAIRA DETAINED BY POLICE
Jalandhar police on Monday detained Bholath MLA Sukhpal Singh Khaira ahead of a candle-light march in support of Kabaddi player Arvinderjit Singh Pehalwan in Jalandhar to “demand justice for his killing by the police”.
Khaira, along with his supporters, has been detained by the police for flouting the lockdown norms.
Bholath MLA has all along been raising the issue of Pehalwan’s killing alleging that the murder of kabaddi player was connected to the illegal liquor sale mafia.
Hours before his detention, Khaira had addressed a press conference to demand an enquiry by the central probing agency (CBI) into “politician-drug-liquor mafia nexus damaging the youth of Punjab”.
Khaira had sought CBI enquiry into the revelations made by a recent ‘chitta’ peddler arrested at Kapurthala, alleging that he was close to a senior Congress leader.