Haryana has urged the Central Government to sanction one India Reserve Mahila Battalion for dealing with female agitators and has also sought financial and technical support for modernisation of the police force.
The demands were made by Chief Minister, Manohar lal Khattar at the meeting of the Inter-State Council in New Delhi.
The Chief Minister said that the Government has adopted a transparent policy for recruitment of constables to inspectors. The process is on for recruitment of 5,000 General Duty male constables, 1,000 constables under ex-servicemen category and 1,000 women constables. As a result of this recruitment, the percentage of women in police would increase from six to eight and thereafter, within a year, we shall increase this percentage to ten.
He said most of the agitators include large number of women, make it difficult for the male police to handle them. “The Central Government may consider sanctioning India Reserve Mahila Battalion for law and order duties in Haryana”, the Chief Minister demanded.
Referring to cyber crime, he said the State was in the process of establishing a State level Cyber Crime Branch in Gurgaon which would have specially trained experts to crack such cases.