UP Police chief issues guidelines for setting up Mission Shakti centres across state

    Lucknow, Sep 24 (PTI) Days after Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath directed the establishment of Mission Shakti centres in every police station of the state, Director General of Police Rajeev Krishna has issued guidelines to all district police for setting up such centres.
    The state government's ambitious Mission Shakti campaign is dedicated to women's safety, dignity and self-reliance.
    According to the guidelines, these centres will function like police outposts and will also investigate cases related to crimes against women, the state government said in a statement.
     The guidelines also include ensuring sensitivity, promptness, and priority towards complaints from women and their timely and quality disposal, among others.
     Krishna said each Mission Shakti centre will be staffed with one officer-in-charge or sub-inspector (with preference for female officers), one to four additional sub-inspectors, four to 15 constables (50 per cent women), one to two female home guards, and counsellors if needed.
     Personnel will serve at each centre for three to five years, with trained staff eligible for transfer, the statement said.
     Guidelines also direct station officers/SHOs to provide a separate room, computer, records, stationery, women's toilet, and other necessary resources for each centre.
     The responsibilities of Mission Shakti centres are: to prepare duty and action rosters for the Women's Help Desk and ensure timely follow-ups, implement and supervise Anti-Romeo Squads and Women Beat plans regularly and also maintain parallel records of FIRs, the statement said.
     They will also coordinate with one-stop centres, DLSA, district probation officers, social welfare officers, child welfare committees, and family courts to provide counselling, legal aid, rehabilitation, and compensation services to victims.
     The Mission Shakti centres will provide mandatory counselling in cases of elopement or false allegations and also conduct regular awareness programs related to women's safety and cyber safety, the statement added.
     On September 20, Adityanath inaugurated the ambitious Mission Shakti-5.0 campaign at the Lok Bhawan auditorium here.
     Highlighting the unprecedented transformation in the status of women in the state since 2017, the chief minister had said, "When the government's intentions are clear, schemes naturally find their way."
     On the occasion, he had said that Mission Shakti centres would be set up in every police station and women officers would be deployed.

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