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More women officials needed in Delhi police force says top official

More women police officials should come to the fore to handle cases of crime against women and oversee their safety and security issues says Joint Commisioner of Delhi police Sanjeev Goel.

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More women police officials should come to the fore to handle cases of crime against women and oversee their safety and security issues, a senior Delhi Police official said today.

"We have to create an environment for the women police officers, which empowers them to handle more such cases of crime against women, which will send a positive message to society as well as the women fraternity," said Sanjeev Goel, Joint Commissioner of Police, Central Delhi.

Participating in a panel discussion in Delhi University on 'Commitment to Gender Justice: Zero tolerance to sexual harassment', Goel said more and more women police personnel should come to the forefront to oversee the women's safety and security issue, which he said was 'top priority' of Delhi Police.

The Delhi Police officer stressed that women officers should be confident, "only then they would be able to extend confidence to the victims whom they handle." Goel blamed lack of proper education and good upbringing of a person for crimes against women.

"Those who commit such crimes, don't feel that they were doing anything wrong due to the lack of proper education, good upbringing and exposure," he said.

The Police officer said rape survivors and victims need to be handled with utmost care and sensitivity, while they go through rigorous legal procedure.

"The legal process through which a victim goes is a torture, so sexual assault cases were being investigated by women police officers and we also associate NGOs who can talk to the victim," he said.

While expressing her views, another panelist Vidhu Verma, a JNU professor, said mere laws alone can't bring justice to women.

"Justice is not about more and more laws. It is also about caring and fraternity feeling," said Verma.

She also said that existing laws were not enough to protect the women working in unorganised sectors like maids, domestic helps, brick kiln workers, sex workers and others.  

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