NEW DELHI: When a 27-year-old saw her friend being careworn by a neighborhood under the influence of alcohol on a daily basis, she made up our minds to take it up with police in the northwest Delhi locality she calls home. “They requested me to sign up for their WhatApp crew on which I will proportion details about under the influence of alcohol males and illegal liquor gross sales,” she says. The crew of 30 ladies acts because the eyes and ears of the police, helping them crack down on troublemakers and the illegal liquor mafia.
The 27-year-old is part of a six-month-old initiative began by DCP (northwest) Aslam Khan and her team, Ashok Vihar and Aarti Sharma. The ‘Women Empowerment’ WhatsApp crew comprises ladies in their 20s and early 30s who have faced abuse and harassment from alcoholic husbands and relatives, and feature made up our minds to do something about it.
The ladies, who prefer to remain nameless, post images and videos of illegal liquor stores, and police then behavior raids. There’s been a substantial drop in the number of illegal alcohol distributors in areas like Ashok Vihar and Jahangirpuri due to the ladies’s assist, says Khan.
The tip-offs have helped police up their seizure numbers: In 2017, 43,613 bottles of illegal alcohol had been impounded, and in 2018 that rose to 80,650, an 85% build up. A complete of 206 cases had been registered from January till the tip of May. In the similar period remaining year, 152 cases had been booked beneath the Excise Act.
A 23-year-old who's a police mitra in Ashok Vihar mentioned the ladies opened up to her about the harassment they face at home. “So we shaped the gang. Women who come forward searching for assist are added to it in order that they may be able to assist others,” she mentioned. Police behavior common conferences with the ladies.
One 23-year-old faculty pupil joined the gang after she saw her 14-year-old brother get started ingesting. “My father was alcoholic and would beat my mother and us. I couldn’t watch my brother cross down the similar path.” Her work with the police has got two liquor stores closed, and her brother is again in class after being counselled by police.
The 27-year-old is part of a six-month-old initiative began by DCP (northwest) Aslam Khan and her team, Ashok Vihar and Aarti Sharma. The ‘Women Empowerment’ WhatsApp crew comprises ladies in their 20s and early 30s who have faced abuse and harassment from alcoholic husbands and relatives, and feature made up our minds to do something about it.
The ladies, who prefer to remain nameless, post images and videos of illegal liquor stores, and police then behavior raids. There’s been a substantial drop in the number of illegal alcohol distributors in areas like Ashok Vihar and Jahangirpuri due to the ladies’s assist, says Khan.
The tip-offs have helped police up their seizure numbers: In 2017, 43,613 bottles of illegal alcohol had been impounded, and in 2018 that rose to 80,650, an 85% build up. A complete of 206 cases had been registered from January till the tip of May. In the similar period remaining year, 152 cases had been booked beneath the Excise Act.
A 23-year-old who's a police mitra in Ashok Vihar mentioned the ladies opened up to her about the harassment they face at home. “So we shaped the gang. Women who come forward searching for assist are added to it in order that they may be able to assist others,” she mentioned. Police behavior common conferences with the ladies.
One 23-year-old faculty pupil joined the gang after she saw her 14-year-old brother get started ingesting. “My father was alcoholic and would beat my mother and us. I couldn’t watch my brother cross down the similar path.” Her work with the police has got two liquor stores closed, and her brother is again in class after being counselled by police.
Delhi women take on liquor mafia
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