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One month after Dec 16 gangrape: are Delhi women safe? Yes, says police

New Delhi, Jan 16:  Perhaps for the first time, countering crimes against women has become a top priority for Delhi Police - not particularly known for gender sensitivity - after the sustained mass outrage over

India TV News Desk Published : Jan 15, 2013 21:45 IST, Updated : Jan 16, 2013 6:57 IST


Yadav said he has been appointed as the nodal officer to keep a watch on women's distress calls at 100 and 1091.



“I have received around 1,300 distress calls by women on my official number. Around 80 percent calls were related to small issues while 20 percent were major.
Immediate action was taken. Some of them have been solved while a few are being handled by police stations,” said Yadav.

Special Commissioner of Police (Law and Order) Dharmendra Kumar said that those attending to distress calls from women have been instructed to divert such calls immediately to the nearest PCR van of the area from where the call was made.




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