Motorcycle-borne ‘anti-Romeo squads’, educated in unarmed fight, have been deployed in Assam’s Silchar city for the continued Durga Puja competition for the “safety of ladies and kids competition goers”.
The squads, launched on Monday, might be on obligation around the clock until the top of puja festivities, mentioned Cachar police. Superintendent of Police, Cachar, Numal Mahatta mentioned the squads, comprising principally ladies constables and officers, have been educated in unarmed fight for 15 days earlier than the competition. He mentioned the squads will principally patrol in Silchar, the most important city in Assam’s primarily Bengali-speaking Barak Valley the place Durga Puja celebrations draw massive crowds.
“They are going to be on obligation 24 hours a day and in case some downside arises with ladies and kids, they may rush to the place and assist them and take mandatory measures… We try our stage greatest to make sure they don’t face any downside whereas pandals,” mentioned Mahatta.
The title ‘anti-Romeo squad’ has been borrowed from the UP authorities’s drive to curb eve-teasing, launched in 2017.
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