ASSAM TO HAVE ANTI-RAPE LAW, MORE WOMEN POLICE FORCE

Assam government has said it would introduce a stringent anti-rape law in the next session of the state Assembly, and recruit women sub-inspectors through a special drive to fulfil the aim of 30 per cent women in the police force.

Taking part in a Zero Hour discussion in the Assembly, Chief Minister Sarbananda Sonowal said rising cases of rapes were of serious concern. Talking about women in the police force, he said that at present, the number of women are less in number compared to men.

He said the State government has arrested almost all the culprit behind recent rape cases, asked police to prepare error-free chargesheets to convict the guilty, set up fast-track courts for day-to-day hearings, formed a women’s cell at the DGP office and rolled out a toll-free helpline for women.

Speaking to INSIDENE, Women’s Rights Activist Hironmoyee Phukan welcoming the initiative of the State government said that such stringent law would help curb cases of crime against women.