Lucknow: Come November, women in Noida, Ghaziabad regions who receive obscene calls, SMSes and MMSes will have help at hand. The UP Police is launching a four-digit helpline called the Women Power Line to deal with such cases.
Women from any part of the state can call this toll-free number to lodge a complaint. They will not have to visit a police station to lodge the complaint or to pursue the matter.
The complainants identity will not be disclosed during the investigation.
A group of women constables, selected from a batch of fresh recruits, are being trained to speak English and use computers before being posted in the Women Power Line, Lucknow Range DIG Navneet Sikera said.
It is the brainchild of Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav. Uttar Pradesh will be be the first state to start a hi-tech unit to deal with obscene phone calls, text and picture messages, stalking and
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