Haryana Police has launched a special month-long drive, starting mid-December, to improve security scenario in areas inhabited by low-income group people.
The initiative comes after a 6-year-old girl was raped and murdered in Haryana's Uklana area recently.
Under the drive, field units have been asked to draw up special beats and appoint buddy pair to keep a watch in their beat.
Also, they will team up with NGOs, and volunteers from different organisations to make inhabitants aware of essential safety precautions against sexual predators.
"Field units have been asked to finalise expeditiously under-investigation cases of crimes again women, organise self-defence and awareness camps for girls, and collaborate actively with other stakeholders to further improve the safety standard in their area.
"They have also been asked to open and maintain a sexual offenders registry to keep tab on habitual sexual predators, and alert their neighbours and employers about their dubious past," Haryana's Additional Director General of Police OP Singh said today.
Singh noted that 97 per cent of rape cases reported in the first eleven months of 2017 have been worked out.
"25 per cent of these, one in four, have been found to be unsubstantiated after investigation. In an overwhelming number of cases, offenders have been found to be known to the victims," he said.
Prevention of such victimisation, Singh said, requires a multi-sectoral approach involving school, panchayats, NGOs and volunteers, urban and local bodies, women and child development, public relations and police department.
"These are in addition to expeditious scientific investigation to nail the offenders and thereby get victims justice and create a deterrent domino effect for potential offenders," he added.
Talking about the efforts made in this regard, Singh said over 64,000 girls have been given self-defence training in the first 10 months of the ongoing year.
"Palwal has trained 15,900 girls, Gurugram 9185 and Panchkula 5300," he informed.
During the same period, over 57,000 calls were received on women helpline 1091, Singh said, adding that "2126 calls, which is 3.72 per cent of the total calls received, have been registered as FIRs".
He also mentioned about the pilot scheme of Mahila Police Volunteer being implemented in Karnal and Mahendragarh.
"Stationed in villages, their job is to assist police in undertaking activities to prevent and take cognisance of instances of crime against women," he said.
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