Mumbai, August 22: The Maharashtra government will soon set up special police stations and helpline for women in Mumbai and eight other police commissionerates in the state, Minister of State for Home (rural) Nitin Raut said.
“Every district would also have a similar police station.
These police stations will be managed by women police personnel,” the minister told reporters yesterday after meeting women’s organisations and NGOs.
Justifying his decision, the minister said that women feel awkward while reporting incidents of rape, molestation and other sexual crimes to the local police.
“With these special police stations for them, women would feel at ease to lodge a complaint,” he said.
Between 2005 and 2008 a total of 6,054 cases of rape were registered and 8,172 people arrested for the same in the state.
–PTI