NEW DELHI: When a 27-year-old saw her friend being careworn via an area under the influence of alcohol on a daily basis, she decided to take it up with police in the northwest Delhi locality she calls home. “They requested me to enroll in their WhatApp workforce on which I will be able to share information about under the influence of alcohol males and illegal liquor sales,” she says. The workforce of 30 women acts because the eyes and ears of the police, serving to them crack down on troublemakers and the illegal liquor mafia.
The 27-year-old is part of a six-month-old initiative started via DCP (northwest) Aslam Khan and her workforce, Ashok Vihar and Aarti Sharma. The ‘Women Empowerment’ WhatsApp workforce comprises women in their 20s and early 30s who have confronted abuse and harassment from alcoholic husbands and kinfolk, and feature decided to do something positive about it.
The women, who prefer to remain nameless, put up images and videos of illegal liquor retail outlets, and police then conduct raids. There’s been a considerable drop in the collection of illegal alcohol distributors in areas like Ashok Vihar and Jahangirpuri because of the ladies’s assist, says Khan.
The tip-offs have helped police up their seizure numbers: In 2017, 43,613 bottles of illegal alcohol have been impounded, and in 2018 that rose to 80,650, an 85% building up. A total of 206 instances were registered from January until the end of May. In the same duration last 12 months, 152 instances have been booked under the Excise Act.
A 23-year-old who is a police mitra in Ashok Vihar stated the ladies opened up to her concerning the harassment they face at home. “So we formed the crowd. Women who come forward seeking assist are added to it so that they may be able to assist others,” she stated. Police conduct common conferences with the ladies.
One 23-year-old school student joined the crowd after she saw her 14-year-old brother start consuming. “My father was once alcoholic and would beat my mother and us. I couldn’t watch my brother move down the same trail.” Her paintings with the police has got two liquor retail outlets closed, and her brother is again in class after being counselled via police.
The 27-year-old is part of a six-month-old initiative started via DCP (northwest) Aslam Khan and her workforce, Ashok Vihar and Aarti Sharma. The ‘Women Empowerment’ WhatsApp workforce comprises women in their 20s and early 30s who have confronted abuse and harassment from alcoholic husbands and kinfolk, and feature decided to do something positive about it.
The women, who prefer to remain nameless, put up images and videos of illegal liquor retail outlets, and police then conduct raids. There’s been a considerable drop in the collection of illegal alcohol distributors in areas like Ashok Vihar and Jahangirpuri because of the ladies’s assist, says Khan.
The tip-offs have helped police up their seizure numbers: In 2017, 43,613 bottles of illegal alcohol have been impounded, and in 2018 that rose to 80,650, an 85% building up. A total of 206 instances were registered from January until the end of May. In the same duration last 12 months, 152 instances have been booked under the Excise Act.
A 23-year-old who is a police mitra in Ashok Vihar stated the ladies opened up to her concerning the harassment they face at home. “So we formed the crowd. Women who come forward seeking assist are added to it so that they may be able to assist others,” she stated. Police conduct common conferences with the ladies.
One 23-year-old school student joined the crowd after she saw her 14-year-old brother start consuming. “My father was once alcoholic and would beat my mother and us. I couldn’t watch my brother move down the same trail.” Her paintings with the police has got two liquor retail outlets closed, and her brother is again in class after being counselled via police.
Delhi: Group of women helps cops fight booze mafia
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