More than 200 women participated in the 5 km run event, 'The Fearless Run,' organised by Delhi Police with NGO United Sisters Foundation on Sunday midnight at Connaught Place Inner Circle.
Women police personnel of Delhi Police also participated in this event. Joint Commissioner of Police, New Delhi Range Ajay Chaudhary flagged off the run at 12 O'Clock in the midnight on Sunday.
During the event, the Delhi Police also popularised its Himmat Plus women safety app. Police officials also briefed the woman participants and public persons about other women safety initiatives taken by the police. "The event 'The fearless run' a 5 Kms marathon was organized at midnight in Connaught Place inner circle with a motive to reclaim public space and to break gender construct that women can't go out after dark and feel safe. The marathon is the symbol of reclamation and empowerment," said Madhur Verma, Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), New Delhi range.
"Today we must forego the stereotype of a woman being confined to the indoors after dark," said DCP.