PM concerned over increasing crimes against women and children

Amid rising incidents of crimes against women and children, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed concern over the "growing phenomenon" and hoped future training will help new police officers to better deal with the problem.
He also cautioned young IPS officers to overcome the "temptation to ride roughshod over human rights" and stressed on the need to provide emphasis on protecting human rights in police training.
Addressing a group of IPS probationers here yesterday, Singh said urbanisation is probably inevitable and judging by the experience of the rest of the world, India must recognise that as time moves on, people leave villages and migrate to cities.

"If this is not managed properly, it can be a source of tension and disturbance in our country. Therefore, it is necessary for our police officers to understand the dynamics of the process of urbanisation.
"What it does is to increase pressure on police forces to maintain law and order and tranquillity, to ensure peace is maintained, to ensure police is well equipped to deal with crimes in urban areas and in particular crimes against woman and children," Singh said.
He said crimes against women and children are a "growing phenomenon in urban metropolitans."

He said he was happy to know that the problem of crimes against women and children have figured prominently in the course material of IPS trainees.

A girl in Kolkata died yesterday after she immolated herself following a gangrape.
A bride-to-be in Ludhiana died of acid wounds she sustained recently in an attack at a beauty parlour where she was getting ready for her marriage.