Hyderabad, January 20: The next time you see a bunch of guys hanging outside a girl’s college, make sure not to brand all of them as eve- teasers. Some of them may also be policemen in plain clothes.
Road romeos, jilted lovers and girl teasers, beware. Stalking and passing comments towards women may now land them in the police net. Rooting out the menace of eve-teasing is one of city police’s missions.
Female citizens of the twin cities can now heave a sigh of relief as police department has resolved to crack the whip on eve-teasers. Based on various complaints received in this regard, city police is ready to take steps to tackle it. Special focus will be on sensitive zones, known as probable haven for eve-teasers. Special police teams in civil clothes will be deployed near colleges, bus stations and other important locations to keep tabs on eve-teasers.
Akun Sabharwal, deputy commissioner of police (Central Zone), under whose limits Narayanguda, Himayathnagar and Necklace Road fall says, “Based on college timings, we are deploying our men in the mornings and evenings. Sign
boards have been put up in this regard and mobile numbers of police officers made public.” He informed that at least 30 eve-teasers were being apprehended by police every week. “Based on their profile, we are providing them with counselling and involving their parents. They have also been booked under the City Police Act, which amounts to a fine,” he adds.
However, he made it clear that repeated offenders were liable to be booked under the act of outraging modesty of a woman.
–Agencies