Haryana to get women police stations

Chandigarh: The Haryana government has announced to set up women police stations in all the 21 districts of the state on Raksha Bandhan. Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar reviewed the preparations in a meeting attended by senior police officers. Khattar said the all-women police stations would operate round-the-clock and would be inaugurated simultaneously in all districts on the eve of Raksha Bandhan on August 28, functioning from very the next day. “Buildings of these police stations would be separate from that of main police stations to make them more visible to public. Each women police station would have one lady deputy superintendent of police, two sub-inspectors, three assistant sub-inspectors, four head constables and 16 constables.” a state government spokesman said.