Jammu, Nov 24: Aam Aadmi Party’s state spokesperson Sheema Farooqi on Thursday said, there is a need to ensure proper implementation of women safety norms in Jammu and Kashmir to keep a check on rising crimes against women.
Sheema Farooqi said, Kashmir is considered to be the heaven on earth and had been regarded as one of the safest lands in India where rate of crime remained very low previously, especially towards the women.
“But it is very unfortunate that since the past few years, the rate of crime against women in J&K has abruptly increased and as per a report has increased up to 15.62 percent. Which is very alarming,” she said.
Farooqi, said the government needs to provide facilities to the women to be able to easily report the crime, without psychological pressure. “Women police stations should be made available in every block of every district of the Union Territory, strict measures should be taken against the perpetrators, the laws should be made more strict and actions by the administration should be more swift.”
She suggested a number of remedial measures like online procedures of reporting the crime be made easier, door-to-door awareness campaigns, women police be trained to be more cooperative, counselling in schools and other public areas also be considered at all levels.
“Social policing and citizen reporting may also be a very effective way of dealing with such social crimes.”
