Samba, 23rd April, 2021: Sh. Rajesh Sharma, JKPS, SSP Samba accompanied by Sh. Ajaz Ahmed Zargar, Addl. SP Samba inaugurated Women Helpdesk at Police Stations Vijaypur and Ghagwal to help the women/girls in distress, facing harassment or any kind of abuse or violence.
The objective of establishing Women Helpdesk is to make Police Station more Women friendly and approachable. It would be the first and the single point of contact for any woman walking into a Police Station. The Women helpdesk setup in the Police Station has sufficient strength of lady Police personnel to deal with the issues reported by women/girls. The Women Helpdesk at PS Vijaypur is headed by Inspr. Kunti Khajuria whereas PSI Diveya Bharti is the incharge of Women Helpdesk at PS Ghagwal.
Later SSP interacted with the incharge and other Police officials of Women Helpdesk and urged upon them for timely action of all the reported matters and ensure justice be delivered to the aggrieved.
District Police Samba is going to setup similar Women Helpdesk at other Police Stations of District Samba. These Helpdesk will be made functional round the clock to provide a prompt and reliable response mechanism to all the reported issues of domestic violence and other offences against women.
