Operation Pink: Three held for harassing women in public places

NOIDA: Women constables in plain garments nabbed three individuals for catcalling girls and lady scholars in Greater Noida on Thursday. The accused, Vinod Kumar and Naresh, each residents of Tugalpur in Kasna and Kuldeep, an authentic resident of Baghpat, were passed over to Kasna police after recording their arrest.
According to Brajesh Verma, inspector and in-charge of Operation Pink, so far 32 individuals had been arrested below Section 294 of IPC and Section 151 of CrPC.

The ‘Operation Pink’ group, deployed at Sector P3 roundabout, spotted three accused singing songs and passing lewd feedback at women and girls who crossed the street. Constables Indu Malik and Alka Kundu instantly answered to the offence and nabbed the accused. They were arrested and sent to judicial custody.

SSP Ajay Pal Sharma had on May 1 introduced a week-long marketing campaign, Operation Pink, whereby 21 teams comprising girls police body of workers in plain garments were deployed at 50 spots in Noida and Greater Noida. The teams are headed via a nodal officer, SP (crime) Preeti Bala Gupta, one inspector, 5 sub-inspectors and 78 girls constables.

The teams performed a week-long overview force and the statement was once eye-opening. Sharma said that a lady cop was once in plain garments deployed near a marketplace. “A person approached her and struck a dialog. He soon began requesting her mobile number,” he said.

A woman constable said that a couple of days in the past she was once deployed in Surajpur house. “A person was once looking at me as I used to be in plain garments. I regarded back and requested why he was once looking at me. He began arguing with me. I held the accused and alerted police body of workers upon which he was once arrested,” she said.

The police group analysed the comments and divided crime spots into three grades, Grade I, Grade II and Grade III, relying at the sensitivity of crime. In Noida, Atta Market, Film City, Sector 27 (D) Block, Vishwa Bharti Public School Sector 25, Amity University, GIP Mall, Sadarpur Market, Steller Park Sector 62, Mamura Chowk, Mahamaya Balika Inter College Sector 51, and many others were categorized in Grade I.


In Greater Noida, areas outdoor all of the colleges were marked in Grade I. Besides this, Galgotias College, Tugalpur Mandi, Alfa Commercial Belt, Rampur Market, Grand Venice Mall, Jagat Farm, Kasna Bus Stand, Ameekchand Inter College, Haldauni Crossing, and many others are installed Grade 1.


Preeti Bala Gupta, SP (crime) Gautam Budh Nagar said that the body of workers record the actions through button cameras and in addition the usage of cellphones. “If they catch an accused, the body of workers alert the police group kept on standby mode on the spot. The police group brings the accused to the police station and complete the felony formalities to send him jail,” she said.


Noida police chief said that in the coming days, the police officers will supply self-defence training to university scholars and cause them to privy to such harassments and measures to maintain them.


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