Chandigarh April 22:
Punjab today became the first state in the country to launch Mobile Women Commando squads to curb crime against women and the speed of response of the police and assist in the prevention of crimes against women, help victims and authors of the book.
Deputy Prime Minister Punjab Mr. Sukhbir Singh Badal today marking Women Commando squads for all peoples Corporation and major cities, and said that the status of all women Commando squads cities within three months. He said this initiative was necessary given the rising crime against women in the country. "We have received intensive training for Commandos women so they could deal with any eventuality," said Mr. Badal.
The Deputy Minister said the pilot squads armed Women Special Protection (WASP) launched last week in the area was quiet Bathinda encouraged by the feedback received by him. "Women are becoming more confident to approach commands women to report incidents of eve teasing and other crimes against women and to see the success of this pilot project, which is being replicated throughout the state," said the Prime Minister Deputy informed the media after scoring the Commando Squadrons.
Mr. Badal said receipt of any complaint to women both teams Helpline staff answer phones and PCR. He said that these mobile devices are deployed in women universities, schools, mixed schools, girls hostels, working women hostels, busy markets, shopping centers, cinemas and other sensitive points. "These teams could instill a sense of security and provide a safe living and working environment for women and to protect against crimes like eve teasing, sexual abuse, harassment and theft chain, etc." he said.
Mr. Badal hopes that the establishment and deployment of these teams would result in improving the response of the police to curb such crimes. He described this measure of confidence for the fight against crime against women. Emphasizing the increased strength of women in the police, Mr. Badal said that Punjab would soon start a recruitment drive to select 500 women DSPs and Assisi, to be incharge of women police stations. Mr. Badal said his goal was to increase the strength of women in the Punjab police from 3% to 15% and then to 33%.
Answering a question regarding the demand for the death penalty for crimes such as rape, Mr. Badal said he was in favor of the death penalty for the violations that happened to the girl of five years in New Delhi. Asked about the Wealth Tax Agricultural Sector, Mr. Badal said that the imposition of tax on the capital of the farming community by the Congress-led UPA Government has exposed farmers face against this government . He said it was ironic that if a multicrore showroom in a city was rent, not be covered by the definition of wealth tax, as it was "productive asset" but a farmer, who was feeding the country by planting crops on land near the city would have to pay Rs. 1 lakh tax against your total income of Rs. 30000.
Mr. Badal said that Shiromani Akali Dal would vociferously opposed this draconian measure and raise this issue in both houses of Parliament. Reiterating the commitment of the Government of Punjab to act tough against drug dealers, Mr. Badal said that in the past week alone, more than 875 drug dealers have been arrested because of the continuing campaign of the Punjab police and agencies State safety record have made recovery of narcotics.
Previously, Mr. Badal flanked by Mr. Sumedh Singh, Director General of Police, Punjab marking Women Commando squads for all peoples Corporation. The Deputy Minister also interacted with women command and said they were excited about new job challenging.