Expressing displeasure over the increasing incidents of crime against women in the state, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Thursday directed officials to take strict action against those involved in sexual harassment cases.
The chief minister also ordered officials that posters those harassing females be put up at public places to “name and shame” them.
Earlier, posters were put up by the administration to “name and shame” the accused who allegedly caused damage to public property during the protests against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and National Register of Citizens (NRC) in the state capital.
According to an official communiqué, women police personnel have been tasked with the responsibility of implementing ‘Mission Durachari’. They will identify offenders, whose posters will then be put up at public places across the state.
The release said that the operation would be implemented as to the anti-Romeo squads operated in the state. The police teams in every district would be crack the whip on criminals committing crimes against women.
The chief minister further said that people should know who were the people who were vitiating the atmosphere in society and indulging in crime against women.
He said that in case any incident related to crime against women took place, the beat in-charge, chowki in-charge, station officer and the circle officer would be held responsible.
Meanwhile, ‘Operation Shakti’ was also launched in Lucknow to tackle crimes against women in the state.
On the instructions of IG Lucknow Range, Laxmi Singh, this operation was conducted in Unnao, Hardoi, Sitapur, Lakhimpur, Rae Bareli and Lucknow rural area.
So far, action has been initiated against 2,200 accused in a month. FIRs have been registered against 822 people while 770 accused have been served notice. The action also includes litigation, restriction and imposition of challans for hampering the peace. This action was taken after reports of molestation surfaced from the area.