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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Set up helplines, women’s cell in districts, Centre tells Haryana -Sandeep Joshi

Set up helplines, women’s cell in districts, Centre tells Haryana -Sandeep Joshi

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published Published on Oct 15, 2012   modified Modified on Oct 15, 2012
-The Hindu

Experts call for special police training to deal with rape victims

In the wake of a spurt in the number of rape cases being reported from Haryana, the Union Ministry of Home Affairs has directed the State government to set up a women’s cell in every district and ask the State police chief to take action against district police chiefs who fail act against such crimes.

The Ministry has also asked Haryana to set up anti-stalking helplines and instruct its police officers to act promptly in cases related to crime against women by registering first information reports, besides sensitising the police force towards plight of the rape victims.

All District Superintendents of Police have been told to report the Director General of Police everyday if there is any case related to crime against a woman in their area of jurisdiction. Besides deputing women police personnel to deal with such cases, the Superintendents of Police have been asked to send action taken reports on a daily basis.

“We have asked the Haryana government to be more vigilant in places where frequent incidents of crime against women are reported…We have also asked Haryana to start anti-stalking helplines immediately to offer help to those who are in distress,” a senior Ministry official said.

Experts feel it is high time the State police was given special training to tackle cases related to crime against women, particularly when it comes to dealing with rape victims. However, women activists blame narrow caste-based and vote-bank politics in Haryana and other States as the root cause behind callous and insensitive attitude of political parties and the State police in dealing with rape victims.

“We still follow the outdated system of investigating rape cases where victims are subjected to all kinds of humiliation and social pressures. The police need to go out of their way to comfort rape victims and put in extra effort to ensure the accused are severely penalised. The investigation process in rape cases is very crucial,” said former Delhi police chief and former Border Security Force Director General Ajai Raj Sharma.

Lambasting the Congress and Indian National Lok Dal (INLD) for playing vote-bank politics in Haryana by not taking on the Khap panchayats for their anti-women diktats, Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and women rights activist Brinda Karat accused the Centre of ignoring a draft report on how to deal with growing cases of sexual assault on women.

“It has been three years, but the government is yet to act on the report presented by women’s organisation that talks about various changes that are required in the laws and measures to be taken to check this menace,” Ms. Karat said.

Pointing out that low conviction rate in rape cases was a major reason behind this growing menace, Ms. Karat said the police also need to be penalised for not filing FIRs or late reporting of rape cases.

“It is not due to absence of law…it the lack of political will and police-politician nexus that denies justice to rape victims. Unless the society wakes up to this challenge, nothing is going to change,” she added.

The Hindu, 15 October, 2012, http://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/set-up-helplines-womens-cell-in-districts-centre-tells-haryana/article3997794.ece


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