With the aim to ensure a feeling of safety and security among women, Madhya Pradesh police department has established Crime Against Woman Cell, said Director General of Police Surendra Sinh while inaugurating self defence camp for visually impaired girls in the State capital on Tuesday.
Madhya Pradesh police were devoted to curb crime against woman, convicting criminals and increase confidence level and feeling of security among women, he added. The camp is organised with the sole aim to strengthen confidence and feeling of security and have been organized in support with the NGO in school and colleges. Taking the challenge to curb and control crime against woman the separate cell was formed and senior officers were assigned at the regional level, he added.
In the camp organised by the State police and supported by NGO Sightsavers around 25 visually impaired girls from Hoshangabad and Bhopal would be trained. The facility of stay and food would be arranged by Sewa Sadan. In the next two years around 2000 girls would be trained on self defense Judo- Karate techniques. Women trainers would be trained on the techniques to use them as master trainers in the future.
Additional Director General of Police (Crime against Police) Aruna Mohan Rao said that the confidence has strengthened by the initiative taken by the state police. In the cases of crime against woman due to the prompt action by cell and producing the evidences in the court as the earliest has resulted in convicting 17 criminal for life sentence.