Ever since the 60 SHE teams were pressed into service by the Cyberabad Police on December 24, as many as 23 persons were caught for engaging in eve-teasing, stalking and harassing women in public places.
The profile of caught offenders varies from teenage school boys to old men. There have been instances where educated men with B. Tech/Marketing background were also apprehended while troubling women in public. The teams, besides concentrating on keeping a tab on these offenders have also visited colleges, ladies hostels, bus stations, IT companies, construction sites where unskilled woman laborers work and other such places to conduct awareness campaigns on eve teasing.
Of 16, as many as 11 cases were reported in West Zone and five in East Zone. Similarly, there of 23 respondents, 18 were in West Zone and five in East Zone. They include 15 minors while eight others were aged above 18 years. Three persons have been booked under City Police Act – 21 Under IPC sections and a total of 45 persons have been counseled.
According to Cyberabad police, every Saturday, professional counseling is being organized in the CAW (Crime Against Women) Cell situated in CP Office. The offenders are also asked to join the teams in spreading awareness on Women Safety. Counselling is done under the guidance of DCP-Malkajgiri Rama Rajeshwari, ACP (Crimes) Usha, ACP (Cyber Crimes) Snehita and trained counselors in the presence of the family members.
The teams’ are planning to conduct more number of awareness programmes for “Target groups” in Colleges for both men and women. They also plan to educate women about how to report any incidence of abuse, to teach men about the laws relating to teasing, stalking, other forms of abuse etc., The teams are also urging institutions and establishments to display boards at work places about “Dial 100” and the Face book page of “Cyberabad SHE teams”.
They are also planning to conduct Seminars – involving NGOs, Govt. Organizations, Women/Men from various walks of life and Parents. Advisories are being sent to RTC to sensitize drivers and conductors to enable them to help a woman when she reports about abuse in transit. Special drives are planned to keep a tab on autos plying in outskirts, which are used by a huge chunk of womenfolk to travel. (INN)