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India-Delhi – 2400 Detained & 370+ Arrested in 20 Days for Harassing Women on City Streets
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Delhi, August 30, 2015 - The arrest of over 370 persons and detention of around
2,400 - who are alleged to be habitual eve-teasers and stalkers - in just 20
days under an initiative launched by Delhi Police, has once again thrown light
on the extent of harassment women have to face in the streets of the national
capital.
Areas
around shopping malls, university campus and the ones with large migrant
population have turned out to be the vulnerable zones with the most number of
offenders held from such places, said a senior police official.
The
southern part of Delhi, which happens to be a hub of posh localities, topped
the list of detention with as many as 831 persons detained between August 3 and
23 for allegedly harassing woman on streets, as per Delhi Police records.
Strict
vigil near Delhi University's South Campus, Dhaula Kuan and Vasant Vihar -
major points where large number of students enrolled in the South Campus
colleges board and de-board buses, and areas like Mehrauli and Malviya Nagar,
which have huge migrant population and some of the biggest shopping malls, have
led to high number of detention, said R S Krishnia, Joint Commissioner of
Police (Southeast Range).
The
northeast district of Delhi Police, which largely comprises slum clusters and
unauthorised colonies, topped the list of arrest with more than 70 persons
arrested for alleged stalking, trying to touch women inappropriately,
misbehaving and/or showing indecent gestures. East Delhi follows with 69
arrests in the period.
The
Shishtachar initiative, launched on August 3, is based on the concept of
"detain and discipline", said S K Gautam, Joint Commissioner of
Police (Central Range).
Under Gautam's supervision, three persons were arrested and 12 more detained for allegedly harassing women in and around the Delhi University campus in north Delhi.—PTI