Vivek Hari
Patna : SSP, Darbhanga, Manoj Kumar has formed a special women force named ‘Sherni’ to enhance women safety and check eve-teasing in the district. The women force is headed by a lady Sub-Inspector (SI) and comprises 22 female police personnel including 4 police officers and 18 constables.
The force has been constituted to control violence or crime against women in a systematic way. Dialogue with school and college principals, hostel wardens form the crux of task force’s mechanism. The force is built to ensure safety at public spaces and gatherings like fairs.
SSP Sinha, an IPS officer of 2008 batch, had also constituted ‘Sherni’ to check eve-teasing and crime against women when he was SSP, Bhagalpur.