‘Police Akka’ initiative launched to strengthen women safety-SP

NEWS CHARIOT (Rajanna Sircilla, Dec.18) : Giving much priority for the Women’s protection in the district and with an aim to provide safety to the women, several new programmes were taken up under the She Team. One such key initiative is the selection of a female police constable in each police station as a ‘Police Akka’, said the district superintendent of police Akhil Mahajan launching the initiative here in a programme held at Padma Nayaka Function hall in Rajanna Sircilla district.

This initiative aims to enhance women’s safety and provide better support to women in the district. Being supportive to the She Teams, the woman constable who will be selected as Polica Akka will visit schools and colleges and will create awareness among the girl students about POSCO act, sexual harassment, eve teasing, good touch bad touch and laws pertaining to safety of women.

The SP ordered the officials to place the contact numbers of She Team, Dial 100 and Police Akka in schools and colleges after conducting awareness programmes. These numbers will serve as a point of contact for the students to reach out for help whenever they face any issues, he added.

He advised the female students to stay away from social media and focus on studies to achieve greater heights in their lives and warned the persons who use social media platforms to harass or mistreat female students of taking stringent actions against them.

If any girl and woman are facing sexual abuse or harassment, then they must dial She Team on mobile number 8712656425 to lodge complaint so that police can take action against the miscreants as per law.

Later, the SP Akhil Mahajan after announcing the names of selected women police constables as ‘Police Akka’ in various police station limits, said that the ‘She Team’ established in the district has been promptly responding to complaints related to issues faced by students and women and caught 52 members of miscreants red-handed this year.

DCP Chandrasekhar Reddy, CI Krishna, Trainee SI Veenitha and She-Team SI Prameela were present along with others.