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Punjab women’s support centres register 1,069 cases in two years
Punjab women’s support centres register 1,069 cases in two years
Punjab Police’s Saanjh Rahat Kendras registered 1,069 cases and screened 1,656 women over the past two years, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said. The centres offer counselling, legal aid, crisis intervention…
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Punjab Police’s Saanjh Rahat Kendras registered 1,069 cases and screened 1,656 women over the past two years, Director General of Police Gaurav Yadav said. The centres offer counselling, legal aid, crisis intervention and rehabilitation for women facing domestic violence and other abuse.
Launched with two counsellors in Mohali, the programme now operates at civil hospitals in SAS Nagar, Ludhiana, Fatehgarh Sahib and Jalandhar. Police teams have arranged secure transport, shelter, legal assistance and family support. The initiative also works with SAANJH programmes and Women Help Desks. The figures and accounts were reported by Hindustan Times, citing Punjab Police.
The Indian Opinion
The figures point to a useful emergency service, but claims of a solved problem would be premature. Police data records access, not whether women remain safe months later, while individual cases cannot measure the programme’s wider reach. The real test is public reporting of staffing, funding, repeat cases and long-term outcomes across more districts. Will Punjab publish those figures next year?
Source: hindustantimes.com
This story was synthesised by AI from the source linked above.
